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

Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.

All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion.

Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.