Home joys are blessed of heaven.
The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.