And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.

Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.

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

Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.

Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.

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.

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.