that which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.
The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.
See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.
What unthankfulness is it to forget our consolations, and to look upon matters of grievance. To think so much upon two or three crosses as to forget an hundred blessing.
Christ does not choose you because you are good, but to make you good.
Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).