“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”

“He who spares the wicked injures the good.”

“Bonis nocet, qui malis parcit. He harms the good (people) who spares the evil.”

“Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.”

“Between a man and a woman there was always one person who was stronger than the other one. That doesn’t mean the weaker one doesn’t love the stronger.”

“Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.”

“Resolve was never stronger than in the morning, after the night, when it was never weaker”