You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time

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

[L]ove is inventive to infinity.

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences

Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our actions will never be without good results

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.

[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.