The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue.

Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors ... He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins ... He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven ... Not only will those from whom Mary turns her countenance not be saved, but there will be no hope of their salvation ... No one can be saved without the protection of Mary.

It maketh God man, and man God; things temporal, eternal; mortal, immortal; it maketh an enemy a friend, a servant a son, vile things glorious, cold hearts fiery, and hard thing liquid.

Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure.