Admiration spoils all from infancy.

The sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it.

Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ. We know life and death only through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves.

All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.

Our natures lie in motion, without which we die.

Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss.

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.