Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.