Anger does a man more hurt than that which made him angry.

I am certain that the safest way to defend your character is never to say a word about it.

However little we may be, if we are the Lord's, we may rejoice that we are preserved in Christ Jesus.

Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened.

Trials make more room for consolation. There is nothing that makes a man have a big heart like a great trial. I always find that little, miserable people, whose hearts are about the size of a grain of mustard seed, never have had much to try them. I have found that those people who have no sympathy for their fellows — who never weep for the sorrows of others — very seldom have had any woes of their own. Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.

When God's mercies are coming, their footfalls are our desires to pray.

The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved, so that God might have new tongues to praise him, new hearts to love him! Oh! that sin were put an end to, that the holiness, righteousness, mercy, and power of God might be magnifi ed!' This is the way to pray; when thy prayers seek God's glory, it is God's glory to answer thy prayers.