Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that the endowments which we possess cannot possibly be from ourselves; nay, that our very being is nothing else than subsistence in God alone.

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.

Bien que les étoiles ne parlent pas, même en étant silencieux, ils crient. Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man