The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.

Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.

Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

What thou art, that thou art.

Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down.