Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.

Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

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

A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.