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

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.

This temporal fire is but a painted fire in respect of that penetrating and real fire in hell.

When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.

Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.

Lust is a captivity of the reason and an enraging of the passions. It hinders business and distracts counsel. It sins against the body and weakens the soul.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.