Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.

Obedience shows whether you are grateful.

Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.

The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.

Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.

From self-knowledge flows the stream of humility, which never seizes on mere report, nor takes offense at anything, but bears every insult, every loss of consolation, and every sorry, from whatever direction they may come, patiently, with joy.

You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.