“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.”

In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.

One who is allowed to sin, sins less

Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Whatever is unknown is magnified.

Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The persecution of genius fosters its influence.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.

I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.

True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.

Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?”….I met his gaze and I did not blink. “Words of comfort,” I said to my father.

For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.

If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.