I affirm that gain is precisely that which comes oftener to the bad man than to the good; for illegitimate gains never come to the good at all, because they reject them. And lawful gains rarely come to the good, because, since much anxious care is needful thereto, and the anxious care of the good man is directed to weightier matters, rarely does the good man give sufficient attention thereto. Wherefore it is clear that in every way the advent of these riches is iniquitous.

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into cofusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.

The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.