There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!

[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.

He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.