We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake; and if at any time a man make a thing for the sake of something else, it is referred to his own good, whether his use, his pleasure, or his virtue.