“No one ought to expect to see much good resulting from his labors in word, and doctrine, if he is not much given to prayer and meditation.”
“There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him to die.”
“There is no man...however wise, who has not at some period in his youth said things, or lived a life, the memory of which is so unpleasant to him that he would gladly expunge it. And yet he ought not entirely to regret it, because he cannot be certain that he has indeed become a wise man...”
“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep”
“Too much ambition can be the death of a man. ... Or of many, if he can persuade them to follow.”