“Paula and Eustochium, may the labors of my poor life be pleasing to you, useful to the Church, and worthy of posterity; as for contemporaries, I care but little for their judgment.” So said the holy solitary; yet he felt the envious attacks of his bitter enemies more keenly than he would own to himself. “Handmaids of Christ,” he said, “shield me with the buckler of your prayers from those who malign me.” Every book he translated brought upon him fresh criticisms, and those not only from enemies.
“”Paula na Eustochium, inaweza taabu za maisha yangu maskini ukikupendeza, muhimu kwa Kanisa, na anastahili vizazi; Ama rika, mimi huduma lakini kidogo kwa hukumu yao “”Hivyo alisema faragha takatifu.; bado alijisikia mashambulizi wivu wa maadui zake wabaya kazi nzuri zaidi kuliko yeye bila wenyewe kwa nafsi yake. “”Wajakazi wa Kristo,”” alisema, “”ngao yangu na ngao ya maombi yako kutoka wanao muudhi yangu.”” Kila kitabu yeye kutafsiriwa kuletwa juu yake shutuma safi, na wale si tu kutoka kwa maadui.