Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

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.

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.

Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.