The wicked will gnaw their tongues for anguish and pain; they will curse God and look upwards. There the dogs of hell, pride, malice, revenge, rage, horror, despair, continually devout them.

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.

A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: a quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled.

At four in the afternoon, I submitted to be more vile and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation.

Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing good, all possible good, in every possible kind and degree.

We are always open to instruction, willing to be wiser every day than we were before, and to change whatever we can change for the better.