For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.

For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God.

Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.