It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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

Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.

Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.

He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.