Nothing so casts down the manly mind from it's height as the fondling of women and those bodily contacts which belong to the married state.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.