All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

God answered the prayers of animals.

It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself... Life is God's gift to man, and is subject to His power, Who kills and makes to live. Hence whoever takes his own life, sins against God... for it belongs to God alone to pronounce sentence of death and life.

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.

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.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.