Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.

Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.

The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.

Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds to which the weak flesh is subject.

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.

For success we need to focus with a converging thought process.

He alone has lost the art to live who cannot win new friends.

These are the days after. Everything now is measured by after.

Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient.

As long as you're running away from a part of yourself, you can't see immortality.

Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.

Jesus refused to produce a sign for Herod because it was not the Father's will.

When you're good at making excuses, it's hard to excel at anything else.

Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.