An unjust acquisition is like a barbed arrow, which must be drawn backward with horrible anguish, or else will be your destruction.

To be perpetually longing and impatiently desirous of anything, so that a man cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man's liberty, and to become a servant of meat and drink, or smoke.

Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comforted and happy

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

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.

This grace (purity of intention) is so excellent that it sanctifies the most common actions of our life and yet is so necessary that without it, the very best actions of our devotion are imperfect and vicious.

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.