Mercy and Faith

Ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλιπέτωσάν σε ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν. Ἐν ἔξει τὰς ἀρετὰς ἔχων, μὴ ἐπιπολαίως καταῥῥᾳθυμῶν αὐτῶν, οὗτος ἔχει αὐτὰς γεγραμμένας ἐπὶ πλακὸς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ καρδίας, ἐπὶ τοῦ βάθους δηλαδή τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῆς, ἢτοι τῆς διηνεκοῦς ἐπιθυμήσεως, ἵνα ὁ ἐξ ἐναντίας μὴ παρατρέπῃ σε. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Παροιμιας

Mercy and faith do not neglect to hang upon your neck and you shall find grace. 1 He who has the habit of the virtues does not ordinarily neglect them, for he has them inscribed on the tablets of his heart, evident in the depths of his soul, lest the one who opposes him, who always desires it, overthrow him. Didymus the Blind, On Proverbs, fragment  1 Prov 3.3