The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.

Evil denotes the lack of good. Not every absence of good is an evil, for absence may be taken either in a purely negative or in aprivative sense. Mere negation does not display the character of evil, otherwise nonexistents would be evil and moreover, a thing would be evil for not possessing the goodness of something else, which would mean that man is bad for not having the strength of a lion or the speed of a wild goat. But what is evil is privation; in this sense blindness means the privation of sight.

All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.

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

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

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