Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond Him - they will never yield Him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in Him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to Him.

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

We are surrounded by God’s benefits. The best use of these benefits is an unceasing expression of gratitude.

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

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

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