Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

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

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

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

If the gospel be not preached, Jesus Christ is, as it were, buried.