We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.

God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.