Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.
Little opportunities should be improved.
We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.
Pity enlarges the heart.
Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.
Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only the will of God; seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace.