Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.

Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.

Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.