This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity.

Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.

There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.

Charity is the root of all good works.