The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

The rosary in the hand, repentance on the lips, and the heart full of sinful longings-sin itself laughs at our repentance!

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

If I am mad, then who on the face of the earth is sane? If you are sane, then there is no madman in the world.

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.