. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of it.
[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.
Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.
Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.