To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.

He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.