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?

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.