Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.

Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.