We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

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

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.