Action
The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
Doubt
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
Fortune
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Humility
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Rest
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
Worry
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
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