They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.

As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.