He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

Man is a social animal.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.