The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
Luck never made a man wise.
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.