However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it. But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.

Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.

The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer.