Is it wife or child?
remember that they may die." "Death," says an epitaph in Chester Cathedral-- "Death, the great monitor, comes oft to prove, 'Tis dust we dote on, when 'tis man we love." "Desire nothing too much.

If you are going to the public baths and are annoyed or hindered by the rudeness, the pushing, the abuse, the thievish propensities of others, do not lose your temper: remind yourself that it is more important that you should keep your will in harmony with nature than that you should bathe.

And so with all troubles; men suffer far less from the things themselves than from the opinions they have of them." "If you cannot frame your circumstances in accordance with your wishes, frame your will into harmony with your circumstances.[64] When you lose the best gifts of life, consider them as not lost but only resigned to Him who gave them.

You have a remedy in your own heart against all trials--continence as a bulwark against passion, patience against opposition, fortitude against pain.

Begin with trifles: if you are robbed, remind yourself that your peace of mind is of more value and importance than the thing which has been stolen from you.