It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid a worrying multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom.
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?
Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us.
Mount Calvary is the academy of love.
We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.
The Lord delights in every little step you take.
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
During the night we must wait for the light.
It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.
Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.