The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living.

The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.

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

Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

Every person, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not only urged to seek God, but is also led as by the hand to find Him.