To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.

Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.

Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts.

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.