“The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.”

“The wicked make all God's good works serve evil purposes but the person of good will, to the contrary, makes the evil doings of the wicked serve good purposes.”

“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”

“Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an Angel.”

“And if all could with one voice be asked whether they wished to be happy, there is no doubt they would all answer that they would. And this would not be possible unless the thing itself, which we call "happiness", were held in memory.”

“Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness”

“Men are so blind in their impiety that, as it were, they bump into mountains and refuse to see what hits them in the eye.”