As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.

Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.