Idleness Is The Enemy Of The Soul.

Let No Worldly Prosperity Divert You, Nor Any Worldly Adversity Restrain You From His Praise.

It Is Impossible To Save One's Soul Without Devotion To Mary And Without Her Protection.

I Have Written The Little Work That Follows . . . In The Role Of One Who Strives To Raise His Mind To The Contemplation Of God And One Who Seeks To Understand What He Believes.

A Single Mass Offered For Oneself During Life May Be Worth More Than A Thousand Celebrated For The Same Intention After Death.

And Indeed We Believe You [god] To Be Something Than Which A Greater Cannot Be Conceived.