In the name of God, Monsieur, let us have greater confidence in Him than we do; let us allow Him to steer our little bark; if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck.

...a great good is worth being long desired.

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!

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?

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

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