Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.

Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.

We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams, light and heat. Election is a sun, the eyes of eagles cannot see it, yet we may find it in the heat of vocation, in the light of illumination, in the beams of good works.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life is, but all these, our pleasure, treasure, and life, are reposed in Jesus Christ.

Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man's back, before the old man's face.

Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends.