Necessity is our quickest excuse.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the water they loved to drink. This good man, Noah, having seen that all his contemporaries had perished by this unpleasant drink, took a dislike to it; and God, to relieve his dryness, created the vine and revealed to him the art of making le vin. By the aid of this liquid he unveiled more and more truth.

Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Little strokes fell great oaks.