All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

The youth who, like a woman, loves to adorn his person, has renounced all claim to wisdom and to glory; glory is due to those only who dare to associate with pain, and have trampled pleasure under their feet.

God, who is liberal in all his other gifts, shows us, by the wise economy of His providence, how circumspect we ought to be in the management of our time, for He never gives us two moments together.

Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.

You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.