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

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.