My Speech Is Too Fast; My Oration

The Church Of Christ Has Been Founded By Shedding Its Own Blood, Not That Of Others; By Enduring Outrage, Not By Inflicting It. Persecutions Have Made It Grow; Martyrdoms Have Crowned It.

If You Call [the Synagogue] A Brothel, A Den Of Vice, The Devil's Refuge, Satan's Fortress, A Place To Deprave The Soul, An Abyss Of Every Conceivable Disaster Or Whatever Else You Will, You Are Still Saying Less Than It Deserves.

Marriage Is Good For Those Who Are Afraid To Sleep Alone At Night.

The Fact Is That My Native Land Is A Prey To Barbarism, That In It Men's Only God Is Their Belly, That They Live Only For The Present, And That The Richer A Man Is The Holier He Is Held To Be.

When The Stomach Is Full, It Is Easy To Talk Of Fasting.