Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.

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

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.