“A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over honors.”

“God's favor floats as it were over all this and finds joy in turning all those miseries to the greater profit of those who love Him. From toil He makes patience spring forth.”

“God is merciful to those who want to love Him and who have placed their hopes in Him.”

“Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it nothing.”

“There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, "I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will not do it." The other, "I wish to do well, but I have not as much power as I have will; it is this which holds me back." The first fills Hell, the second Paradise.”

“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.”

“Be who you are and be that well.”