The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
Quick enough, if good enough.
It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection.
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
Playing keys is more than just knowing what notes to play. You have to know about the buttons too.
Woman is the root of all evil.
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
Haste is of the Devil.
Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.
The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.
Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God.
Virginity can be lost by a thought.
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the sender of it.
Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.