"Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right."

"You nobles, you sons of my leading men, soft and dandified, trusting in your birth and your wealth, paying no attenti…"

"If only I could have a dozen churchmen as wise and as well taught in all human knowledge as were Jerome and Augustine!"

"It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening."

"Fathers and guardians, bishops of our Church, you ought to minister to the poor, or rather to Christ in them, and not…"

"Bishops should despise this world and inspire others by their example to seek after heavenly things. But now you are …"

"Take care that none of them escapes."

"Nothing of that which was gained by fraud can go to the liberation of his soul. Let his wealth be divided among the w…"

"Under this tomb lies the body of Charles, the great and orthodox emperor, who gloriously increased the Kingdom of the…"

"This blond, barbarian giant, who slept with a slate under his pillow, and made the English scholar, Alcuin of York, h…"