Good living and the good odor of the Christian virtues put into practice draw the black sheep back to the right path and confirm Catholics on it (II:442).

I no more trust in human means for divine ends than I do in the devil (II:433).

The works of God are not sumptuous or showy (II:427).

The downfall of most communities comes from the cowardice of superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible (II:422).

Let us purge the company of worldly persons and those who are not pleasing in the eyes of God (II:421).

Whoever contributes to union of hearts in a company binds it indissolubly to God (II:413).

You have been chosen from all eternity by the Providence of God to be their second redeemer; have pity on them! (I:245).

All things come to those who wait (I:234).

Our Lord is a continual communion for those who are united to what He wills and does not will (I:233).

It is good pleasure that we adapt ourselves to people's moods, to places and to times (I:238).