In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

Lack of desire is the greatest riches.

This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.