Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.

Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest