Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved.

[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

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.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.