If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.

When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

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

Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.

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

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