If we should find it impossible, however, dear children, we must firmly believe that it would not have been for the best, had we succeeded, for God alone knows which way to lead us.
"Do not lose your confidence in a kind Father in Heaven, for that is our greatest consolation.

He won't forget us, if we do not forget Him, and we must remember that He can see further than we can, for He knows why and where He is leading us.

We cannot look into the future, but later we shall understand it all and realize why we had to bear our troubles.

Out of them will come the greatest blessings." "Now let us be happy again and let us sing a song," said Dino, who loved to be gay and who liked to see everyone about him merry, too.
"Let us sing: If winter's storms are wild and long We know that spring is coming.
To Agnes, whom I hear rebel, This consolation I here tell." "Yes, Dino, it is easy enough for you to laugh," Agnes exclaimed.

"You would probably whistle another tune if you had to become a tailor.