They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies, nor can spirits ever be divided that love and live in the same divine principle.

Reason, like the Sun, is common to all; and 'tis for want of examining all by the same light and measure, that we are not all of the same mind: For all have it to that end, though not all do use it so.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. In this divine glass, they see face to face, and their converse is free as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

Believe nothing against another, but upon good authority; nor report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to others to conceal it.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason for so many senseless scholars in the world.

A reasonable opinion must ever be in danger where reason is not judge.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil feelings and intentions.

Unless virtue guides us, our choice must be wrong.

A true friend unbossoms freely, address justly, assists readily, adventure boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Be humble and gentle in your conversation; and of few words, I charge you; but always pertinent when you speak.