Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

Mary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.

We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.

Where Scripture speaks of the world's creation, it is not plainly said whether or when the angels were created; but if mention is made, it is implicit under the name of "heaven," when it is said, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.

Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.