I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.

It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam.

Who else is it who calls us back from the death of error, except the life that does not know death, and the wisdom which, needing no light, enlightens minds which are in darkness, that wisdom by which the whole world, even to the leaves of trees drifting in the wind, is governed?

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass.

For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.

Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?