The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come. – John Jewel
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end. – John Jewel
As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God. – John Jewel
Human knowledge is dark and uncertain philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark. – John Jewel
Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn? – Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont