Piety softens all that courage bears.
We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.
Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.
Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.