I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

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!

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.

Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.

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

The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.

. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done; I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you