Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.
He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.