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.

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

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.