It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

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

Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others.

Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse; whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.

Be content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

There is nothing that is more dangerous to your own salvation, more unworthy of God and more harmful to your own happiness, than that you should be content to remain as you are.