Man Is But A Reed, The Most

One Has Followed The Other In An Endless Circle, For It Is Certain That As Man's Insight Increases So He Finds Both Wretchedness And Greatness Within Himself. In A Word Man Knows He Is Wretched. Thus He Is Wretched Because He Is So, But He Is Truly Great Because He Knows It.

Man Is But A Reed, The Most Feeble Thing In Nature, But He Is A Thinking Reed.

Our Own Interests Are Still An Exquisite Means For Dazzling Our Eyes Agreeably.

Not Only Do We Know God By Jesus Christ Alone, But We Know Ourselves Only By Jesus Christ. We Know Life And Death Only Through Jesus Christ. Apart From Jesus Christ, We Do Not Know What Is Our Life, Nor Our Death, Nor God, Nor Ourselves.

To Call A King "prince" Is Pleasing, Because It Diminishes His Rank.