Obedience is the crown and honour of all virtue.

At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.

The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.

A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.

Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.