Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.
Make sickness itself a prayer.
A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.