Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.

Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee.

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

What use is it to us to hear it said of a man that he has thrown off the yoke that he does not believe there is a God to watch over his actions, that he reckons himself the sole master of his behavior, and that he does not intend to give an account of it to anyone but himself?

By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.