Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is uneven.

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.

No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.