Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

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