It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?

All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.