Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than

Remember that lost time does not return.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.