“The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.”

“Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.”

“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”

“That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.”

“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.”

“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.”

“Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.”

“My mind's my kingdom.”

“He that hath no cross deserves no crown.”

“Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.”

“What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.”