Truly Unexpected Tidings Make Both Ears Tingle.

Strive To Attain To The Greater Virtues, But Do Not Neglect The Lesser Ones. Do Not Make Light Of A Fall Even If It Be The Most Venial Of Faults; Rather, Be Quick To Repair It By Repentance, Although Many Others May Commit A Large Number Of Faults, Slight And Grievous, And Remain Unrepentant.

We Should Not Accept In Silence The Benefactions Of God, But Return Thanks For Them.

The Steam Of Meat Darkens The Light Of The Spirit...one Hardly Can Have Virtue When One Enjoys Meat Meals And Feasts.

God Who Created Us Has Granted Us The Faculty Of Speech That We Might Disclose The Counsels Of Our Hearts To One Another And That, Since We Possess Our Human Nature In Common, Each Of Us Might Share His Thoughts With His Neighbor, Bringing Them Forth From The Secret Recesses Of The Heart As From A Treasury.

We Men Are Easily Prone To Sins Of Thought. Therefore, He Who Has Formed Each Heart Individually, Knowing That The Impulse Received From The Intention Constitutes The Major Element In Sin, Has Ordained That Purity In The Ruling Part Of Our Soul Be Our Primary Concern.