“Man proposes, but God disposes.”
“It is much safer to obey, than to govern.”
“Love makes everything that is heavy light.”
“Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.”
“Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.”
“The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.”
“The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.”
“Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.”
“Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.”
“Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.”
“Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.”
“We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.”
“Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.”
“Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.”
“It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.”
“Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.”
“When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.”
“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
“The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.”
“By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.”
“The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.”
“Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.”
“Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.”
“An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.”
“How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.”
“No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.”
“He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.”
“Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.”
“Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.”
“Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.”