I exhort all, who reverence the Word of the Lord, to read it, and diligently imprint it on their memory.

No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.

Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.