If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year.

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

When in Rome, live as the Romans do. When elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.

He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.

No one heals himself by wounding another.