Saint Augustine

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

God is best known in not knowing him.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.