"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."
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."
"The soul is like an uninhabited worldthat comes to life only whenGod lays His headagainst us."
"Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice."
"The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is."