"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least p…"

"Que faut-il faire pour vous aider? Laissez-nous faire!"

"As a rigid logician, [Colbert] cannot object to the reduction of his principles to a logical absurdity, which may be …"

"Let Man remember that he is the Master, but not a Tyrant."

"Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion."

"The Saviour arose into heaven through His own power as Lord and Creator...Mary arose into heaven lifted up by grace, …"

"How is it possible we should taste true joy for one moment, in this life, in which we are beset with miseries, and si…"

"There will be sacrifices in thus referring everything to God; there are sacrifices, and there will be always. But wha…"

"I desire, if by any possibility I should become a priest, to be a missionary, and if I am a missionary to be a martyr."

"Persecution is upon us; it will be terrible; we will pass through torrents of blood."