Love, and He will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you.

Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.

So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to think through what they say but merely to speak, just so long as they contradict our arguments in any way they can.

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide-because he kills not merely a man but a near relative-without doubt worse still is he who kills himself, because there is none nearer to a man than himself.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.