Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Love wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its liberty and is great freedom. It sees reasons to fear and does not fear, but, like an ember or a spark of fire, flames always upward, by the fervor of its love, toward God, and through the special help of grace is delivered from all perils and dangers

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.