If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.
Saint AugustineTemperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
Saint AugustineI acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.
Saint Augustine