[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
To read without writing is to sleep.
The scars of others should teach us caution.