It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.