I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.

Self-denial is the best riches.

Full of men, vacant of friends.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.

He who has great power should use it lightly.