Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine."

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.

The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would even say that it is sometimes more virtuous to carry a cross of straw than a heavy cross because we have to be more attentive for fear of losing it.

A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.