If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse.

Beauty is like an almanack: if it lasts a year it is well.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life is granted to us in election, promised in our vocation, sealed in our justification, possessed in our glorification. Conclude then, faithfully to thy own soul. I believe, therefore I am justified; I am justified, therefore I am sanctified; I am sanctified, therefore I am called; I am called, therefore I am elected; I am elected, therefore I shall be saved. Oh! settled comfort of joy, which ten thousand devils shall never make void.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.