A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.
Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!
All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.