You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious listener, think of all these creations which God has drawn out of nothing; . . . recognize everywhere the wisdom of God; never cease to wonder, and, through every creature, to glorify the Creator.

Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.

He who is guilty of unseemliness with males will be under discipline for the same time as adulterers.

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others.

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.