A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
That when we live no more, We may live ever
Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.