Do what you should, not what you may.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
Lightning will wreck its displeasures not only upon pillars, trees, and sheep, but upon altars and temples, and let the sacrilegious go free.