Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.