What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?

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

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.

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.

The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support?

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