Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

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.

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel to know what is good, but it is not instructed as to the reason why ... But sometimes he is instructed by angelic illumination, both that this act is good and as to the reason why it is good.

Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.