Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

We must truly serve those whom we appear to command; we must bear with their imperfections, correct them with gentleness and patience, and lead them in the way to heaven.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.

There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves

If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God; and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.