Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.
Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.
Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.
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.