There are two sins of men that are bred in the bone and that continually come out in the flesh. One is self-dependence and the other is self-exultation.

When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted.

It is said that if Noah's ark had to be built by a company; they would not have laid the keel yet; and it may be so. What is many men's business is nobody's business. The greatest things are accomplished by individual men.

God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.

When we cannot see the sunshine of God's face, it is blessed to cower down beneath the shadow of his wings.

When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.