If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., read more

If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our read more

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.