Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

To doubt is a misfortune, but to seek when in doubt is an indispensable duty. So he who doubts and seeks not is at once unfortunate and unfair.

Admiration spoils all from infancy.

Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.

Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.