That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.