For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

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

All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions

Men are idol factories.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.