I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.

Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down by apostolic authority. Since others respond for children, so that the celebration of the sacrament may be complete for them, it is certainly availing to them for their consecration, because they themselves are not able to respond.

If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Love all men, even your enemies; love them, not because they are your brothers, but that they may become your brothers. Thus you will ever burn with fraternal love, both for him who is already your brother and for your enemy, that he may by loving become your brother.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.