"Soldiers of Verdun! It is your valour which has made this possible, for your heroic resistance was the indispensable …"

"In one respect the Germans came remarkably close to their objective of annihilating the enemy. The total number of Fr…"

"Les hommes font les lois. Les femmes font les mœurs."

"The standing armies, while a burden on the people, are inadequate for the achievement of great and decisive results i…"

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

"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."