There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

Be who you are and be that well.

We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to colour everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.

Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends, after which there will be only joy, only contentment, only eternal consolation.

Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.