The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

The Holy Spirit is no skeptic. He has written neither doubt nor mere opinion into our hearts, but rather solid assurances, which are more sure and solid than all experience and even life itself.

Christians are rare people on earth.

If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth

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

The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw.

Lord God, I thank Thee that Thou hast been pleased to make me a poor and indigent man upon earth. I have neither house nor land nor money, to leave behind me. Thou hast given me wife and children, whom I now restore to Thee. Lord, nourish, teach, and preserve them as Thou hast me.