One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?

Obedience is the road to freedom.

We can never know what might have been but what is to come is another matter entirely

There seems no plan because it is all plan.

We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like motoring-don't wait till the last moment before you put on the brakes but put them on, gently and quietly, while the danger is still a good way off.

The true Christian's nostril is to be continually attentive to the inner cesspool.