Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.

What thou art, that thou art.

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.

So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.