No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.

What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.

In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine.

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.