A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.

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 mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

No one should feel pride in anything that is not his own.

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