Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

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

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.