Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

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

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

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.