There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.

That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire.

Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

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

As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when it sets to us, men who walk with their feet opposite ours, that is on no ground credible. Even if some unknown landmass is there, and not just ocean, there was only one pair of original ancestors, and it is inconceivable that such distant regions should have been peopled by Adam's descendants.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.