Take a heretic, a rebel, a person that hath an ill cause to manage ; what he is deficient in the strength of his cause he makes up with diligence ; while he that hath right on his side is cold, indiligent, lazy, inactive, trusting that the goodness of his cause will not fail to prevail without assistance. So wrong prevails, while evil persons are jealous, and the good remiss.
The measures that God marks out to thy charity are these : thy superfluities must give place to thy neighbor's great convenience ; thy convenience must yield to thy neighbor's necessity ; and lastly, thy very necessity must yield to thy neighbor's extremity.
He who receives a good turn, should never forget it : he who does one, should never remember it.
