If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.
You'll never be a winner of souls unless you're first a weeper for souls.
By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery.
It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?