Know all and you will pardon all.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!
Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.
Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one’s self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.
Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.
If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.
How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.
Love makes everything that is heavy light.
To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.
A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth.
The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.