[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of the world, which Our Lord so assiduously avoided and so often recommends us to shun, and that you labor in earnest to acquire true and solid virtues.

I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.

God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.

do not be surprised by your trials, since the Son of God has chosen them for our salvation.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.