Quote

Neither do I think that I ever put any dishonour upon you.

You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.