We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by the light of Christ in the consciences of men, though it be contrary to their own inclinations.
It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
Eat... to live, and do not live to eat.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.