If you consider before God that you are under an obligation to bring to the notice of your superiors the shortcomings of a Sister, you must be careful to do so charitably, without any exaggeration (…) Neither exaggerate the evil nor excuse it but tell the truth as you would wish it to be told if you were the one who had committed the offence. [p. 91]

(St Vincent de Paul. From Jacques Delarue, The Holiness of Vincent de Paul, Geoffrey Chapman Ltd, London 1960, 132 pp)