| 1. "My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of you, and say of you what you are unwilling to hear. You ought to think worse of yourself, and to believe no man weaker than yourself. If you walkest inwardly, you will not weigh flying words above their value. It is no small prudence to keep silence in an evil time and to turn inwardly to Me, and not to be troubled by human judgment. | |