Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

It is permissible to use wine not only for necessity, but also to make us merry...... [it must be moderate] lest men forget themselves, drown their senses,.....in making merry [those who enjoy wine] feel a livelier gratitude to God.

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.