Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.