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

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.