Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.

If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

Let our lives be good, and the times are good. We make our times; such as we are, such are the times.

The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.

A wanton eye is a messenger of an unchaste heart.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.