[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally as well from the dew that falls on the wormwood as from that which falls on the rose.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.

Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.

Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.

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

The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!

If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.