When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.

You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.

Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Habit is overcome by habit.