None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves.

The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.

The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.

None so blind as those who will not see.

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility.

It is more to the honor of a Christian by faith to overcome the world, than by monastical vows to retreat from it; more for the honor of Christ to serve him in the city, than to serve him in the cell.