It is not desirable that we should live as in the constant atmosphere and presence of death; that would unfit us for life; but it is well for us, now and then, to talk with death as friend talketh with friend, and to bathe in the strange seas, and to anticipate the experiences of that land to which it will lead us. These forethinkings are meant, not to make us discontented with life, but to bring us back with more strength, and a nobler purpose in living.

We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.

God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Sorrow makes men sincere.