To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.