Take courage therefore, and be valiant as well in doing as in suffering things repugnant to nature.
Thou must put on the new man, and be changed into another man.
Thou must oftentimes do that which is against thy inclination, and let alone that which thou art inclined to:
That which is pleasing to others shall go forward, that which thou wouldst have shall not succeed:
That which others say, shall be hearkened to; what thou sayest shall not be regarded:
Others shall ask, and shall receive; thou shalt ask, and not obtain.
5. Others shall be great in the esteem of men; but of thee no notice shall be taken.
To others this or that shall be committed; but thou shalt be accounted fit for nothing.
At this nature will sometimes repine, and it will be no small matter if thou bear it with silence.