There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
Dost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor.
Labor: a powerful medicine.
This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind, and pulls up the thorns, and then puts the seed in, and does not answer at once in all cases to the questions put to him.
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.