We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.

The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.

He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor.

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

We need not borrow and take up sorrows upon use of the morrow, to make up our present load; as we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luke ix. M, which we are bid to take, not to make.

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.