Better to illuminate than merely to shine.

Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.

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.

Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

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

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.