We ought always to beware of making the smallest claim for ourselves.

Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.

Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.