Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.

Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.

You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.

He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?