Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions.

The mind is like a trunk: if well-packed, it holds almost every thing; if ill-packed, next to nothing.

The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? When listeners refrain from evil hearing. At present there are many so credulous of evil, they will receive suspicions and impressions against persons whom they don't know, from a person whom they do know--an authority good for nothing.

I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.

Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof.

Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil.