Blessed Are The Simple, For They Shall

Man Proposes, But God Disposes. [lat., Nam Homo Proponit, Sed Deus Disponit.]

Happy Is The Man Who Renounces Everything Which May Bring A Stain Or Burden Upon His Conscience

The More Spiritual A Man Desires To Be, The More Bitter Does His Present Life Become To Him; Because He Sees More Clearly And Perceives More Sensibly The Defects Of Human Corruption.

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.

The Intention Which Is Fixed On God As Its Only End Will Keep People Steady In Their Purposes, And Deliver Them From Being The Joke And Scorn Of Fortune.