When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.

Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.