"Our first parents [Adam and Eve] fell into an open disobedience because already they were secretly corrupted; for the evil act had never been done had not an evil will preceded it."

"I have decided that there is nothing I should avoid so much as marriage."

"He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon."

"Having children is the only worthy fruit of sexual intercourse."

"If Adam and Eve had not sinned, God might have created children for them without the need of intercourse."