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.

If thou has a bundle of thorns in thy lot, there is no need to sit down on it.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

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.

God is everywhere present by His power. He rolls the orbs of heaven with His hand; He fixes the earth with His foot; He guides all creatures with His eye, and refreshes them with His influence; He makes the powers of hell to shake with His terrors, and binds the devils with His word.

Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies.

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.