"Ei halu halaamalla lähle. (Orivesi, Tavastia) (KRA)"

"Lustful desires are fatal illnesses, and the best cure for them is acquiring patience against them."

"Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained."

"Through patience, [one’s legitimate] desires are realized."

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

"There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learnt to separate the…"

"The heart that is attached to lustful desires is unable to benefit from sincere exhortations."

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."

"This absoluteness of desire uninhibited by thoughts of virtue … represents the turn in philosophy away from trying to…"

"Do not desire for everything that you hear, for this suffices as gullibility (or foolishness)."