Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.