For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.

Begin now what you will be hereafter.

If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

Why do you not practise what you preach.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.