If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable..

For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to whic….

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones..

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for..

If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity com….

Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn….

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds..

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to som….

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated..

It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this..

Friendship demands attention..

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him..

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself..

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again..

He travels best that knows when to return..

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others..

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all..

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first..

Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer..

Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice..