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.

To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

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

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

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.

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things.