Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

An English man does not travel to see English men.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.