A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.

The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the strength of the Church depends upon them all alike, yet one among the twelve is chosen so that when a head has been appointed, there may be no occasion for schism.

Woman is the root of all evil.

Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.