The More I See Of

You Gave Me Health That I Might Serve You; And So Often I Failed To Use My Good Health In Your Service. Now You Send Me Sickness In Order To Correct Me Grant That, Having Ignored The Things Of Spirit When My Body Was Vigorous, I May Now Enjoy Spiritual Sweetness While My Body Groans With Pain.

I Have Made This Letter Longer Than Usual, Only Because I Have Not Had The Time To Make It Shorter.

To Call A King "prince" Is Pleasing, Because It Diminishes His Rank.

Death Is Easier To Bear Without Thinking Of It, Than The Thought Of Death Without Peril.

To Have No Time For Philosophy Is To Be A True Philosopher.