No matter who you are, you will be put abed at last with a shovel.
If you combine all the spectral rays into a single beam, you get white light; and, if you combine all the virtues into a single beam, you get charity.
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.
Wisdom grows in quiet places.
Humility is pride in God.