Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

Haste is of the Devil.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.

Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.

Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.

Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.