The more he cast away, the more he had.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

Therefore if mine enemy hunger, let me feed him; if he thirst, let me give him drink. Now in order to do this, (1) We must see good in that, in which other men can see none. (2) We must pass by those injuries that other men would revenge. (3) We must show we have grace, and that we are made to bear what other men are not acquainted with. (4) Many of our graces are kept alive, by those very things that are the death of other men's souls.... The devil, (they say) is good when he is pleased; but Christ and His saints, when displeased.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.