Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

At the least bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully.

We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.