Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.

Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.

Habit is overcome by habit.

Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.