"He who marries a wife, and knows not how to rule her, is like him who takes a wild beast into his house, and knows not how to tame it."

"He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king."

"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well, how long or short permit to heaven."

"For God, when he gave the command to multiply, did not mean that it should be a perpetual or a forced generation, but a free and voluntary one."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."