Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

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

That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.