More Augustine!

From the Holy Gospel of Rhetoric, according to St. Zerbe--or rather, from The Rhetorical Tradition.

And so a little thing is a little thing, but to be faithful in a little thing is a great thing.

and (this one came as I was literally nodding off over the text, at the ridiculously early hour of 9 pm)

But too, the mighty torrent of eloquence with which these words rush on, even one snoring in sleep must notice.

Oh, how amusing is God's sense of humor!