Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

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To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Grumbling is the death of love.

Grumbling is the death of love.

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above...

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above...

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love

We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual...

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual...

Love is friendship set on fire.

Love is friendship set on fire.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.