“The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.”

While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

Haste is of the Devil.

Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.

And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

They please the world most, who please Christ least.

Honest speech does not seek secret places.

Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.

Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.