Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.

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.

Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off. 'No,' said a peasant to me, 'do not be afraid, and do not touch them. They will not sting you at all, if you touch them they will bite you.' I trusted him; not one bit me. Trust me; do not fear these temptations. Do not touch them; they will not hurt you.

Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.