We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

When you have become God's in the measure he desires, then he himself will bestow you upon others; unless, to your greater glory, he chooses to keep you all to himself.

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.