By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual.

Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.

Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.

The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.

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.

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but- what is worse - the slave of as many masters as he has vices.