Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.

[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.

[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.

[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way; they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish.

If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers; I see that clearly. The question is, however, whether, because of this danger, you should refuse to practice such a beautiful virtue as charity.

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

God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.