Three can do more than ten when Our Lord puts His hand to things, and He always does so when He takes away the means of doing otherwise.

We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.

Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.

[M]ost people offend God by passing judgment on the things others do, especially important people, not knowing the reasons why they are doing what they do; for when one does not know the primary cause of some matter, what conclusions can he draw from it?

Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.