It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to run, when God has sent him.

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.

Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.