Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Fame is a heavy burden.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions