When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there, with His own hands, the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruits.

There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God; we must continually seek to cherish it, and we must avoid everything that tends to make us lose it.

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.

I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.