Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.

Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters of science, science was retarded; and just to the extent that science has been appealed to in matters of religion, religion has advanced - so that now the object of intelligent religionists is to adopt a creed that will bear the test and criticism of science.

Whoever saw an angel barefooted?

The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in purgatory - that is, a place where a fellow can get a chance to make a motion for a new trial.

If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy will no longer be able to evade the duties of citizenship and of humanity.

Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.

I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.