When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.
AmbroseWhat is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.
AmbroseAs the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God.
AmbroseThe wise man does nothing but what can be done openly and without falseness, nor does he do anything whereby he may involve himself in any wrong-doing, even where he may escape notice. For he is guilty in his own eyes before being so in the eyes of others; and the publicity of his crime does not bring him more shame than his own consciousness of it.
Ambrose