If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom.
Praise thyself never.
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
This life is only a prelude to eternity.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.