He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.

Pity enlarges the heart.

If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity.

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

It is better to die than to tell a lie

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The more you say, the less people remember.