Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child

Better a superstitious believer than a rational unbeliever.

A modest woman has good children.

Grant me the ability to be alone, May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses among all growing things and there may I be alone, and enter into prayer to talk with the one that I belong to.

Knowledge that is paid for will be longer remembered.

Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

Faith is not only in the heart; it should be put into words.