I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.