O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us.

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.

O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us.

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

Dost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor.