Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.

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.

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

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

Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum