If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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

The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.

That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.