Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.