Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.
To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary to proceed in an analytical manner by breaking down the complex into elementary principles.