It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.

I had rather be poor in His service than rich in my own.

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

Let your tears fall because of sin, but, at the same time, let the eye of faith steadily behold the Son of man.

The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

There are no infidels anywhere but on earth: there are none in heaven, and there are none in hell. Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice, for the devils believe and tremble. And there are some of the devil's children that have gone beyond their father in sin, but how will it look when they are for ever lost?