Dislike what deserves it, but never hate: for that is of the nature of malice; which is almost ever to persons, not things, and is one of the blackest qualities sin begets in the soul.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Anything less than full justice is cruelty.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.