Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none.

We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.