We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.

If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory.

It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.