It is certain because it is impossible.

In very deed, pestilence, and famine, and wars, and earthquakes have to be regarded as a remedy for nations, as the means of pruning the luxuriance of the human race.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed.

Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.

It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile.

The usual complaint is, ‘I have no other way of earning a living.’ The harsh reply can be, ‘Do you have to live?’

The nature of rumor is known to all.

In one sense there will be something difficult even for God – namely, that which He has not done – not because He could not, but because He would not, do it. For with God, to be willing is to be able, and to be unwilling is to be unable; all that He has willed, however, He has both been able to accomplish, and has displayed His ability.