Nobody should ever doubt that in the washing of rebirth (Titus 3:5) absolutely all sins, from the least to the greatest, are altogether forgiven.

In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me in the Church; so does her authority, inaugurated by miracles, nourished by hope, enlarged by love, established by age. The succession of priests keeps me, beginning from the very seat of the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after His resurrection, gave it in charge to feed His sheep (Jn 21:15-19), down to the present episcopate.

...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.

Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

The human race is inquisitive about other people's lives, but negligent to correct their own.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.