Ambrose

"Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say "I am with you"), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we bring repentance with us."

"Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked."

"When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense."

"It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death."

"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people."

"Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi."