Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more

Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.

Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi read more

Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]