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Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.

May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary

We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.

Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.

But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.

What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.

The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.

As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God.

Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo.

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.

If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.

The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

When in Rome, live in the Roman way.

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant.

True repentance is to cease from sin.

Law is twofold
natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.

The devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait.

Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it.

There is no time of life past learning something.

The Psalms are the voices of the church.

He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.