To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.
A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
You'll never get to be a saint if you deny the bit of the devil in you.
Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.