[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.

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.

If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective.

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!

Remember, Monsieur that roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and that heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness.