Love transforms one into what one loves.

avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.

Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.

God is closer to us than water is to a fish.

Don't make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.

all the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.

And let the truth be your delight...Proclaim it..., but with a certain congeniality.