For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.

Woman is the root of all evil.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.