Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

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

Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.