To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him maintaining his foolish opinions about our books, how are they going to believe those books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven.

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

What do I love when I love my God?