If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.

The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith to God, if thou wantest charity for thy neighbor; and think not thou halt charity for thy neighbor, if thou wantest faith to God; where they are not both together, they are both wanting; they are both dead, if once divided.

If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.

Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.

He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.

Virtue is nothing but an act of loving that which is to be beloved, and that act is prudence, from whence not to be removed by constraint is fortitude; not to be allured by enticements is temperance; not to be diverted by pride is justice.