God created man incorruptible, and made him in the image of his own nature, but through the devil’s envy, death came into the world.
The teacher should regard the pupil as his child. The pupil should regard the teacher as his parent.
Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
To trust a stranger without investigation invites troubles so endless that even descendants must endure them. To rust a man who has not been tested and to suspect a man who has proven trustworthy lead alike to endless ills.
Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if is received with thanksgiving: for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
