To become a man was something, but to become a man of sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer.

The Law cuts into the core of the evil, it reveals the seat of the malady, and informs us that the leprosy lies deep within.

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!

None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness.