CHAPTER XXXVIII. Counsels to Married People. MARRIAGE is a great Sacrament both in Jesus Christ and His Church, and one to be honoured to all,…
CHAPTER XXXVI. Of a Well-Balanced, Reasonable Mind. REASON is the special characteristic of man, and yet it is a rare thing to find really reasonable…
CHAPTER XXII. Further Advice concerning Intimacies. FRIENDSHIP demands very close correspondence between those who love one another, otherwise it can never take root or continue….
CHAPTER XIX. Of Real Friendship. DO you, my child, love every one with the pure love of charity, but have no friendship save with those…
CHAPTER XV. How to exercise real Poverty, although actually Rich. THE painter Parrhasius drew an ingenious and imaginative representation of the Athenians, ascribing sundry opposite…