If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.

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.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

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

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.