To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.