Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...

You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.

Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will.

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.

He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.

(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues; (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay.