"A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile, often frightens away a prude; but, when real danger forces the former …"

"To remain virtuous, a man has only to combat his own desires: a woman must resist her own inclinations, and the conti…"

"One may be better than his reputation or his conduct, but never better than his principles."

"[...] qui expresse non dicit substantiam, neque accidens, neque Deum, nec creaturam, sed haec omnia per modum unius, …"

"(About the Assumption of Mary) It is not likely that assumption should be understood of the soul only, both because l…"

"There is no doubt that God is the sufficient cause and, so to speak, the teacher of natural law, but it does not foll…"

"Aux États-Unis la nature, comme la société, n'est pas toujours belle, mais elle est toujours grande."

"To select well among old things is almost equal to inventing new ones."

"In love, if inconstancy gives some pleasure, constancy alone gives happiness."

"Military necessity, as understood by modern civilized nations, consists in the necessity of those measures which are …"