I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of the dead are in existence.

In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

I know what I do not know.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine.