It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.