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

Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

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

We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have, against our will, to bear with natural defects in ourselves. If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects.

The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet!

The great thing is to become Saints.