The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.

A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.

We trust and believe in what we love.

There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.

It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.

The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.

too great pity is the greatest cruelty.