We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ.

I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.

God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you.

It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.

If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.

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

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