[407] The answer of the saint was very characteristic. Could he really believe that he was so vile as he said, when he compared himself with others who were obviously worse? "Ah," he said, "it is when I recount all God's exceptional mercies to me that I seem to myself the worst of men, for others have not had such favours at His hands."
[408] Prov. xiii. 19.
[409] Prov. xiii. 12.
[410] Prov. xiii. 12.
[411] Prov. xvii. 22.
[412] Prov. xviii. 14.
[413] Prov. xiv. 13.
[414] Prov. xv. 13.
[415] Prov. xv. 15b.
[416] Prov. xvii. 22.