There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear; shame is the weaker, and has place only in those in whom there are some reminders of virtue.

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.

Great is the advantage of patience.