Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.

The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.

No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.

If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.

I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.