Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.

Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we need, the more we are on our way to them; the more we need, the more we sink down to this perishable life.

It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.