O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still.... Thou art the heart of the Most High made man.... Thy Sacred Heart is the instrument and organ of Thy love. It did beat for us. It yearned for us. It ached for our salvation. It was on fire through zeal, that the glory of God might be manifested in and by us.... In worshipping thee I worship my incarnate God, my Emmanuel

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.

Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.