True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.

That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when He prayed for His enemies on the cross.