Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you so, it is a happiness; but if there is one grain of plausibility, it is poison.

Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.

Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.

How anyone can remain a Catholic - I mean who has ever been aroused to think, and is not biased by the partialities of childish years - after seeing Catholicism here in Italy I cannot conceive.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.