He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so small, denies Christ.

Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.

How great, therefore, the wickedness of human nature is! How many girls there are who prevent conception and kill and expel tender fetuses, although procreation is the work of God.

Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

Divinity consists in use and practice, not in speculation.

God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.

It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.