We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

He does much who loves much.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?