When the senses are not well guarded, they are mysterious inlets by
which our enemies insinuate themselves into our souls. A glance of
curiosity changed holy King David into an adulterer and a murderer.
How many have reason to exclaim with Jeremiah, _'My eye hath been the
thief that has robbed my soul of every good'!--Riva_.
The choice of a state of life is so important that it constitutes the
only foundation of a good or of a bad life.--_St. Greg. Naz._
The Christian who abandons himself into the hand of God, lives for God
alone.--_St. Francis of Sales._