Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also we would not require the medical art for relief if we were immune to disease, as was the case, by God's gift, at the time of Creation before the Fall.

Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in his own thoughts makes light of the matter, all find to their surprise that they have drawn upon themselves by their neglect a personal misfortune.

As it is impossible to verbally describe the sweetness of honey to one who has never tasted honey, so the goodness of God cannot be clearly communicated by way of teaching if we ourselves are not able to penetrate into the goodness of the Lord by our own experience.

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.

Lust hath these three companions: the first, blindness of understanding; the second, hardness of heart; the third, want of grace.