Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.

It is a sin to judge any man by his post

I thought that continence was a matter of our own strength, and I knew that I had not the strength: for in my utter foolishness I did not know the word of Your Scripture that none can be continent unless You give it.

Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.