A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly awakened out of a pleasant slumber. I understand that in Italy they torture poor people by depriving them of sleep. `Tis a torture that cannot long be endured.

God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.

Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.

I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.