Home joys are blessed of heaven.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.