Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.

A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.

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.