Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
He has committed the crime who profits by it.
The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.