Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility

Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel.

That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire.

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

I have said before, and I shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love.