Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.

One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons

Habit is overcome by habit.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.