Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word "logic" has a broad meaning, and is not restricted exclusively to the science of argumentative reasoning. [It includes] Grammar [which] is "the science of speaking and writing correctly-the starting point of all liberal studies."

Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.