Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.
If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.