He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.

No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.

It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.