It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.

No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence and to grant it with kindness is part of our very nature.

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.

The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.

Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.

Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the world'

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.