They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.

as roads go, the road home is as good as any.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired