The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help.

The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.

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.

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

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.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?