It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.

I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

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

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.

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.

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.