The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.

The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of His providence; for the Lord will not cast off forever, but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.