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- Just as stinginess is blameworthy so is the fault of facility in paying more for things than they are worth . . .
- Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more…
- [I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how…
- [P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.
- When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
- [M]ost people offend God by passing judgment on the things others do, especially important people, not knowing the reasons why they are doing what they…
- It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act…
- We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience…
- 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…
- Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
- ...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs
- Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences
- With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
- Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?
- Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior...
- If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and…
- [R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything…
- It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.
- Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
- You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.
- It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.
- ...cast from your heart the bitterness...
- Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
- ...a great good is worth being long desired.
- A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
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