A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness.