List of points

Silence is the door-keeper of the interior life.

Each day try to find a few minutes of that blessed solitude which you so much need to keep your interior life going.

Mary, teacher of the sacrifice that is hidden and silent!

See her, nearly always in the background, co-operating with her Son; she knows, yet says nothing.

Yours should be a silent obedience. That tongue!

Remain silent, and you will never regret it: speak, and you often will.

How can you dare ask others to keep your secret, when that very request is a sign that you have not been able to keep it yourself?

Never give your opinion if you are not asked for it, even if you think that your view is the best.