Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.

Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.

We must love Christ and always seek Christ's embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.

That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.

If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.