Though Satan instils his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the commission of sin, but our own flesh entices us, and we willingly yield to its allurements.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.

Unless God's Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.

The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits. But scripture here helps us out with an excellent argument when it teaches us that we must not think of man's real value, but only of his creation in the image of God to which we owe all possible honor and love.