In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life.

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

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

An angel of Paradise, no less, is always beside me, wrapped in everlasting ecstasy on his Lord. So I am ever under the gaze of an angel who protects and prays for me.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another.