“If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?”
“Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.”
“Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross."- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ)”
“Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For ... faith, the confession thereof, and the cross do follow one another.”
“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, to comfort thee, though thou art banished.”
“D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan”