We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are beyond the ills by which in this life even the best of people are broken down or corrupted.

When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.

The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man's love of himself.

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.

Doubt is but another element of faith.