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.

There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.

Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

Beware of self-righteousness. The black devil of licentiousness destroys his hundreds, but the white devil of self-righteousness destroys his thousands.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

If you cannot trust God for the temporal, how dare you trust him for the eternal?

The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart.