Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.

Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.