Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.

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

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo.

If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

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.

When in Rome, live in the Roman way.