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

Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none.

I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.

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

Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.