I can understand that the man you told me about has offended you, and I am very annoyed that he forgot himself like that. However, you must not consider what he did as coming from him but rather as a trial which God wishes to make of your patience. This virtue will be even more a virtue in you who are more sensitive by nature and have given less cause for the offense that you have received.
Vincent de PaulWhen in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
Vincent de PaulCharity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .
Vincent de PaulJust as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
Vincent de PaulMan'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.
Vincent de Paul