Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

Almost the whole life of religious bodies lies in the maintenance of their first fervor.

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.

Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.

Many are friends to the success of reformation, not to reformation.