Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

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.

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

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.