"He who has God for his father has the church for his mother."

"God's foreknowledge and predestination are not the same; for foreknowledge is simple knowledge, but predestination is a decree."

"The greatest good is to know God."

"Faith is a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us."

"The reprobate are often endued with excellent gifts, but these are given them, not for their salvation, but for their condemnation."