Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed and rightly.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.