Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

Custom is second nature.

Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.

A marriage without children is the world without the sun.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.