When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.

Haste is of the Devil.

The best advice that I can give you is this. Church-traditions — especially when they do not run counter to the faith — are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down; and the use of one church is not to be annulled because it is contrary to that of another.

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

The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.