"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."

"It is lawful for a man to have more than one wife, if it be for the sake of begetting children."

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

"The state has the right to suppress heresy by force."

"But it is lawful for a husband to demand the marriage debt from his wife, even if she is unwilling, because she owes it to him by virtue of the marriage contract."