I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties. It is in such circumstances that we acquire virtue; where there is no suffering, there is little merit. My wish is that God may grant us great indifference with regard to duties. O Monsieur, how sure we would then be of doing His Holy Will, which is our sole aspiration, and how much peace and contentment we would enjoy, or so it seems to me!

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?

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

Three can do more than ten when Our Lord puts His hand to things, and He always does so when He takes away the means of doing otherwise.

. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.