. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.

All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer.

Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!

I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.

Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.