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

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law

The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.

For, since the fall of Adam had brought disgrace upon all his posterity, God restores those, whom He separates as His own, so that their condition may be better than that of all other nations. At the same time it must be remarked, that this grace of renewal is effaced in many who have afterwards profaned it

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.