Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.

You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

No man is without his load of trouble.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.