Little opportunities should be improved.

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom--the very fashion of which "passeth away.

Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light; and let us remember for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

The most essential point is lowliness.