Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.

Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.

May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.

O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.

For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.