Comparison of Patience to Clothing Against Cold
A moral maxim: as garments multiplied resist the cold, so patience increased withstands injury
A short piece of moral prose headed Comparison of patience. Patience works against injuries, Leonardo writes, no differently than clothes work against the cold: if you multiply your garments in proportion to the increase of the cold, the cold cannot harm you, and likewise, if against great injuries you increase your patience, those injuries cannot offend your mind. The leaf is faint, with further offset writing showing through from the other side of the sheet.
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Patience compared to clothing against the cold
Patience acts against injuries just as clothes act against the cold: multiply your garments to match the growing cold and it cannot harm you. In the same way, increase your patience against great injuries and they will not be able to offend your mind. The comparison stands as a self-contained moral sentence.