Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.

For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot; and we oversight what is necessary; because every man goes towards the exterior; and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.

No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.