“Whoever has received knowledgeand eloquence in speech from Godshould not be silent or secretivebut demonstrate it willingly.When a great good is widely heard of,then, and only then, does it bloom,and when that good is praised by man,it has spread its blossoms.”

“Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.”

“Qui Deus a duné esciëncee de parler bone eloquence,ne s’en deit taisir ne celer,ainz se deit voluntiers mustrer". Prologue des Lais.”

“Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.”

“The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.”

“that man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect”

“All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.”