Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.
Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.
The more you say, the less people remember.
Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others.
Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others