I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.

I do not drink more than a sponge.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.