The fewer desires, the more peace.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.