For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.

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

That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Haste is of the Devil.

The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.

Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.