I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.