Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.
Saint AugustineCantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).
Saint AugustineGod Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.
Saint AugustineAn apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold 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."
Saint Augustine