If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.

Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works.

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

There is no power greater than true affection.