"Hatred is acquired as much by good works as by evil."

"For a man who wishes to make a profession of good in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good."

"God does not want to do everything, so as not to deprive us of our free will and part of the glory that belongs to us."

"It is much safer to be feared than loved."

"Hence it comes that all armed prophets have conquered and unarmed ones have failed."