There is a great difference between being a Catholic and being an upright man (II:494).

Excess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it (II:471).

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).

Charity is the cement that binds communities to God and persons to one another (II:413).

We can find no more effective means of letting people see the beauty and holiness of the Catholic religion than by hospitality shown to the sick (II:407).