From the Word of God I gather that damnation is all of man, from top to bottom, and salvation is all of grace, from first to last. He that perishes chooses to perish; but he that is saved is saved because God has chosen to save him.

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.

The wishing gate opens into nothing.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

For my part, I love to stand foot to foot with an honest foeman. To open warfare, bold and true hearts raise no objection but the ground of quarrel; it is covert enmity which we have most cause to fear, and best reason to loathe. That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.