Men are by nature wanderers...Every people has moved from somewhere, and had to learn the ways of the land from the people who were there before.

A life path may have strange twists and turnings, and we do not always end up where we intend to go....

As you think and act, so your world becomes.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

If we're free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running from it.

Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.

Tell the truth, even if they do look at you funny.

But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.

He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.

One pain is lessened by another's anguish.