Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.

The best defense against logic is ignorance.

If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he is a monster that passes all understanding.

There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.

The mind has its arrangement; it proceeds from principles to demonstrations. The heart has a different mode of proceeding.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.