Those are most desirous of honor and glory who cry out the loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

The mind has greater power over the emotions and is less subject thereto, in so far as it understands all things as necessary.

He who clearly and distinctly understands himself and his emotions loves God, and so much the more in proportion as he more understands himself and his emotion…

An emotion, which is a passion, ceases to be a passion, as soon as we form a clear and distinct idea thereof.