There is no power greater than true affection.

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

There are many things akin to highest deity that are still obscure. Some may be too subtle for our powers of comprehension, others imperceptible to us because such exalted majesty conceals itself in the holiest part of its sanctuary, forbidding access to any power save that of the spirit. How many heavenly bodies revolve unseen by human eye!

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

He is most powerful who governs himself.