Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

The sleepy like to make excuses.

Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.

Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.

And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.