Be Patient in Sickness and Inconveniences

Many may be content to suffer evils, provided they are not inconvenienced by them. I believe that the meekness exercised by the great St. Charles Borromeo in the midst of a lengthy and public scorn expressed by a preacher from a strictly reformed order uttered against him from the pulpit was greater than any of the meeknesses he showed while being assaulted by others. Complain as little as possible about the wrongs done to you. He who complains sins, because self-love always leads us to believe that the injuries done to us are greater than they actually are. But if complaints be necessary, either to remedy the offense or to restore peace to your mind, express them to