He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon.

Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence.

And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though all heretics wish to be called Catholics, yet when a stranger asks where the Catholic Church meets, no heretic will venture to point to his own chapel or house.

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.

It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer.

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.