What destroys one man preserves another.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.

I don't pitch for contracts.

Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else.

There has been this belief among the Catholic community - and this - I'm no expert, this is my opinion - that cafeteria Catholics are wrong.

I'm always alright, as long as I've got [a bat].

Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?

Chance is a second master.

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.

I never ever felt that I was unfairly treated.