The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.

As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and as long as the belly is unrestrained, all virtue comes to naught.

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.