If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?
Man proposes, but God disposes.
It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.