Sibbes on The Best Men

Test of a Gentleman William Lyon Phelps

This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

Owen on Loving Goodness Richard Sibbes

If I do truly love goodness in rich apparal, why do I not also love it in rags?

By Love, Bury Their Faults John Calvin

How it is possible that one who is in reality distinguished above others can reckon those to be supe...

Men Without Chests C. S. Lewis

We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shoc...

Zeal and Prudence John Newton

There is often too much self in our zeal, and too much fear of man in our prudence.

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