Many Would Be Willing To Have Afflictions

During The Night We Must Wait For The Light.

If, When Stung By Slander Or Ill-nature, We Wax Proud And Swell With Anger, It Is A Proof That Our Gentleness And Humility Are Unreal, And Mere Artificial Show.

There Is No Artifice As Good And Desirable As Simplicity.

Have Patience To Walk With Short Steps Until You Have Wings To Fly.

To Be Pleased At Correction And Reproofs Shows That One Loves The Virtues Which Are Contrary To Those Faults For Which He Is Corrected And Reproved. And, Therefore, It Is A Great Sign Of Advancement In Perfection.