Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.

In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!

Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!