Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with thoughts that could not be humanly conceived. Let each of the prophets be looked into: none will be found who does not far exceed human measure. Consequently, those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.

To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.

The Lord has given us a table at which to feast, not an altar on which a victim is to be offered; He has not consecrated priests to make sacrifice, but servants to distribute the sacred feast.