“Rejoice not in riches or other transient gifts, for thou shalt be deprived of them like the actor, who, after finishing his part, lays aside his costume,”—S. Chrysostom.

“God has implanted in us conscience, and by this he acts in a manner more loving than our natural father; for this latter, after he has warned his son ten and a hundred times, expels him from his home; but God ceases not to warn us by conscience even to the latest breath.”—Ibid.

“To restrain anger assimilates man to his Creator.”—Ibid.

“The man who forgives his enemy is like God.”—S. Augustine.

“He is a true Christian who carries with him the whole belief of Christ, who acts virtuously through the spirit of Christ, and who dies to sin through the following of Christ.”—S. Thomas.

“No one is lost without knowing it; and no one is deceived without wishing to be deceived.”—S. Thomas.