Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.

Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

The first degree of humility is prompt obedience.

Run while you have the light of life!

To attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good one sees in oneself; but to recognize always that the evil is one's own doing, and to impute it on one's self.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.