There may be guilt when there is too much virtue.

Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

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.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

He who has far to ride spares his horse.

Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?

You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.