The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.

God is called jealous, angered, repentant, merciful, and foreknowing. These simply mean that, because He guards the chastity of every soul, He can, in human fashion, be called jealous, although He is not subject to any mental torment.

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.

Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity.