God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.

The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as superfluous, nor is it to be believed that its tradition is anything except apostolic.

The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king.

Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.

O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by.

It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.

It is salutary for us to learn to hold cheap such things, be they good or evil, as attach indifferently to good men and bad, and to covet those good things which belong only to good men, and flee those evils which belong only to evil men.