Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

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.

God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?

Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.