“You censure this with difficulty because you have allowed it to become customary.”

“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”

“For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.”

“They talk like angels but they live like men.”

“The friendship that can cease has never been real.”

“True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.”

“Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.”

“I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way.”

“Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.”

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.”

“Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.”