I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.
And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.