On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent.

I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.

The sun shines even on the wicked.

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.