Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbour; relieve the poor by your alms; and expect your reward in eternity.

All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

To live in God is death; to die in God is life.

Words are naught but wind, and the fairest promises like dreams that take flight with the morning.

Satan is cunning and man is weak, but God rules the heart of his faithful, and does what he will.

With patience everything comes in due season.

Duplicity is necessary in daily life, in that it covers many unpleasant things from sight, so they may not disturb the pleasure of others.