As sure as God puts His children in the furnace of affliction, He will be with them in it.

We shall not long have love to man if we do not first and chiefly cultivate love to God.

A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

Man loves his own ruin. The cup is so sweet that though he knows it will poison him, yet he must drink it. And the harlot is so fair, that though he understands that her ways lead down to hell, yet like a bullock he follows to the slaughter till the dart goes through his liver. Man is fascinated and bewitched by sin.

A sheep in the midst of wolves is safe compared with the Christian in the midst of ungodly men.