The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind, and pulls up the thorns, and then puts the seed in, and does not answer at once in all cases to the questions put to him.

You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.

Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.