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

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.

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

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

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

The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.