Afflictions clarify the soul.

Though virtue give a ragged livery, she gives a golden cognizance; if her service make thee poor, blush not. Thy poverty may disadvantage thee, but not dishonor thee.

If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown.

If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.

Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.