Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.
Little opportunities should be improved.
It is better to die than to tell a lie
The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.
Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.
Nothing is more false and more indiscreet than always to want to choose what mortifies us in everything. By this rule a person would soon ruin his health, his business, his reputation, his relations with his relatives and friends, in fact every good work which Providence gives him.