The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

It is better to die than to tell a lie

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.