The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear God, and have no other fear.

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of His executioners. They report the facts without a single reflection. They comment neither on their Master's mildness when He was smitten, nor on His constancy in the hour of His ignominious death, which they thus describe: "And they crucified Jesus.

He who will travel far spares his steed.

Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.