If thou canst not make thyself such a one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults.
We would have others exactly corrected, and will not be corrected ourselves.
The liberty of others displeaseth us, and yet we will not have our desires denied.
Thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbors in the same balance with ourselves.
3. If all men were perfect, what should we have to suffer of our neighbor for God?
But now God hath thus ordained it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without fault; no man but hath his burden; no man is self-sufficient; no man has wisdom enough for himself; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort, help, instruct, and admonish one another.
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue each one hath:
For occasions make not a man frail, but show what he is