The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.

When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.