For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
Friendship is the union of spirits.
Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.