All Men Are Frail; But

Few Spirits Are Made Better By The Pain And Languor Of Sickness; As Few Great Pilgrims Become Eminent Saints.

Some People Are Tempted Most Strongly At The Beginning Of Their Spiritual Life, Others Near The End. Some Are Troubled All Their Lives. Still Others Receive Only Light Temptation. Such Things Are Decided By God, And We Can Trust His Wisdom.

So Fixed Are Our Spirits In Slothfulness And Cold Indifference That We Seldom Overcome So Much As One Evil Habit.

Therefore, A Man Ought To Root Himself So Firmly In God That He Will Not Need The Consolations Of Men.

We Should Have Much More Peace If We Would Not Busy Ourselves With The Sayings And Doings Of Others.