Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.