The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own.
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
What thou art, that thou art.
There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.
Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.