I admit that virtue is accompanied by two vices: excess and default (VIII:36).

You are also asked to help the poor people to be able to earn their living in this season by supplying them with implements to gather in the harvest (VIII:27).

May Our Lord Himself be your strength and your life as He is to all those whose food is His love (VIII:20).

May God preserve you by His grace (VIII:16).

I praise God for the zeal He gives you for the advancement of His glory and the public good (VIII:13).

May God in His infinite goodness continue to give and increase His graces in you (VIII:5).

If priests are good, the people will also be good (VIII:3).

The obligations of justice have priority over those of charity (VII:633).

One mistake should not be corrected by another (VII:631).

How very precious is a good missionary! God must raise him up and fashion him; that is the work of His omnipotence and His great goodness (VII:626).