It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Self-denial is the best riches.

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.