A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him.
Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.
There is the seed of all sins--of the vilest and worst of sins--in the best of men.
It is better to have a sore than a seared conscience.
There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.
Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.