[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!

It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

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

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

Man's condition is never the same; he is humbled, then exalted; sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted; enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen.

I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.

Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.