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

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.

When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.

The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.

... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the mystery, not in nature. The water, then, is a witness of burial, the blood is a witness of death, the Spirit is a witness of life. If, then, there be any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water, but from the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.

If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.