Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

Arrive at knowledge over small streamlets, and do not plunge immediately into the ocean, since progress must go from the easier to the more difficult.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

Unbelief is the greatest of sins.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

Faith does not quench desire, but inflames it.