This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
He who falls, falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God's will.
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.