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.

Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.

It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.

Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

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

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.