As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.

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.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.

A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.