The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest
For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.