Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit.

Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.