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[...if] we were to flee from it, it follows after us [and] does not part from us. Honor is the reward of virtue; it is impossible for the virtuous man to remain without honor. That rich man who looks upon the poor and makes [them] glad, that wise man who governs the common people with prudence, and every other man who has reformed his morals and conduct, and fulfills the duty of his station—no matter how much such a one flees from honor, yet the honor becoming his station runs after him, and he becomes praiseworthy.

CHAPTER V: [On] Patience.

Patience is an endeavor whereby we endure every adversity and difficulty with a peaceful heart, and do not murmur. 1. We must always keep in [our] minds that, just as the sea is not without agitation, and the sky without clouds, and the high mountains without mist...