Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.
Saint Francis de SalesLet us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
Saint Francis de SalesLet us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.
Saint Francis de SalesWe 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.
Saint Francis de Sales