A jester, a bad character.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary God is none other than the Saviour of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquitie ...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.

Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life: and do the greatest things as though they were li ...

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.