Because, according to the sage Solomon, wisdom does not enter into a soul that seeks after evil, and knowledge without conscienceis the ruin of the soul, it behooves you to serve, love and fear God and to put all your thoughts and hope in him, and by faith founded in charity, be joined to him, such that you never be separated from him by sin.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?

Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one's business; and ... it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.