He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.

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Grumbling is the death of love.

Grumbling is the death of love.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Love is friendship set on fire.

Love is friendship set on fire.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this...

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this...

We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love

We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God...

Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.