If I have many faults I know it, in a general way, and I try on the whole to do my best.

'Voyons,' I say to myself, 'it is n't particularly charming to hear one's self made out such a low person, but it is worth thinking over; there 's probably a good deal of truth in it, and at any rate we must be as good a girl as we can.

That 's the great point! And then here 's a magnificent chance for humility.

If there 's doubt in the matter, let the doubt count against one's self.

That is what Saint Catherine did, and Saint Theresa, and all the others, and they are said to have had in consequence the most ineffable joys.