Let us be what we are, and be that well, in order that we may honour the Master Workman who has made us. Though we were the most excellent creatures under heaven, what would it avail us if we were not pleasing to the will of God?
105.
We must always and in all things live peaceably.
106.
I approve of your making an act of humility every day, humbling yourself to an inferior, performing some menial office in the house.
107.
It is not possible that you should so soon be mistress of your soul, or that you should control it so absolutely at first.
108.
Dispose your soul to tranquillity in the morning, and be careful during the day to recall it frequently to that state, and to keep your soul within your control.