What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own.

Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!

The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.

The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.

If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.

With luck on your side, you can do without brains.

Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.

All things are in the Universe, and the universe is in all things: we in it, and it in us; in this way everything concurs in a perfect unity.

What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

Always trust your fellow man. And always cut the cards. Always trust God. And always build your house on high ground. Always love thy neighbor. And always pick a good neighborhood to live in.

Help for the Haunted

A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

As we renew and honor our covenants, our burdens can be lightened and we can continually become purified and strengthened.

Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.

The old adage, that "music is a universal language", is really true.