It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.

That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble

The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence.

The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul

Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.

Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord.