Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor.

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

Friendship is the strongest bond in the world.

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.