Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.