You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.

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.