Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
Saint Francis de SalesA good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
Saint Francis de SalesThe elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.
Saint Francis de Sales