It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.

I looked at God and He looked at me, and we were one forever.

Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.

Man was made in the image of God, and nothing will satisfy man but God, in whose image he was made.