There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man without God, or the strength of man with God.
Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies.
The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.
It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.