Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

Give the peasants neither life nor death.