Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.

Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.

It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.

Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.