One rarely does well what one rarely does.

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.

While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable for his consolation.

There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.