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What doth care about future events bring thee, save sorrow upon sorrow?

If to-day thou art not ready, how shalt thou be ready to-morrow?

One temptation or sorrow passeth, and another cometh; and always we shall have somewhat to suffer

By flight alone we cannot overcome, but by endurance and true humility we are made stronger than all our enemies.

If thou bear it unwillingly, thou makest a burden for thyself and greatly increaseth thy load, and yet thou must bear it.

This it must be; and there is no means of escaping from tribulation and sorrow, except to bear them patiently.

If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at the beginning, then afterwards we should be able to do all things with ease and joy.

Little by little, through patience and long-suffering, thou shalt conquer by the help of God, rather than by violence and thine own strength of will.

Now dost thou resolve to avoid a fault, and within an hour thou behavest thyself as if thou hadst never resolved at all.

In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboureth to good purpose.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every heavy burden light, and equaliseth every inequality.