Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.

He who plants kindness gathers love.

Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.

As the pilot of a vessel is tried in the storm; as the wrestler is tried in the ring, the soldier in the battle, and the hero in adversity: so is the Christian tried in temptation.

When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.

Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will be our dreams.