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.

If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.

Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.

And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.

Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.