Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.
Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.