Whom the Lord loveth he chaste...

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.

~Bible~

To bear other people's afflict...

To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.

~Benjamin Franklin~

The eternal stars shine out as...

The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.

~Thomas Carlyle~

Be still, sad heart, and cease...

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining, Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall, - Some days must be dark and dreary.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

As threshing separates the whe...

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

~Sir Richard Burton~

Affliction, like the iron-smit...

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

~Christian Nevell Bovee~