Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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

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

Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.