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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.
Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
In Jesus and for Him, enemies and friends alike are to be loved.
Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.
Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.
The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross.
Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')
Habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.
Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own.
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.
The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.
Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening, if thou spend the day profitably.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.
All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.
Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.
God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied.
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.
He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.
Man proposes, but God disposes. [Lat., Nam homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.]