If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves.

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.