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

He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.

For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.

Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.