The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.

When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.