To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.

The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It loves for the creature's sake it loves, and for nothing else.

Far be it for me to imagine that Zion contains none but Calvinistic Christians within her walls, or that there are none saved who do not hold our views

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.