Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.

Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness.

The Holy Ghost is certainly the best preacher in the world, and the words of Scripture the best sermons.

So long as idleness is quite shut out from our lives, all the sins of wantonness, softness, and effeminacy are prevented; and there is but little room for temptation.

Aquinas was once asked, with what compendium a man might become learned? He answered "By reading of one book.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.