Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

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

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

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.