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

Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.

We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.

Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.

The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.

Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.

Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.