Patience

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

Don't wait the time is never just right.

Learn diligence before speedy execution.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

Time stays long enough for those who use it.