The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory

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.

Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin.

Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.

All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.