A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.

Great events have sent before them their announcements.

No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.

Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.

In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it

The heart is an astrologer that always divines the truth.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.