Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.

What can be hoped for which is not believed?

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin.

The greatest evil is physical pain.