Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.

Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

All we behold is miracle.

When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.

[My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her.