“Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.”
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
“Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.”
“If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.”
“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness”
“It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.”
“Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.”
“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.”
“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
“That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.”
“It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.”
“So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.”
“The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.”
“A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.”
“A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.”
“See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.”
“No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.”
“Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.”
“The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.”
“Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.”
“It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”
“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”
“If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.”
“If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.”
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
“It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.”
“That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.”