I am throwing all my good works overboard, and lashing myself to the plank of free grace; for I hope to swim to glory on it.

The only real argument against the Bible is an unholy life. When a man argues against the Word of God, follow him home, and see if you cannot discover the reason of his enmity to the Word of the Lord. It lies in some sort of sin.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything

Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the blood with which its fangs are moistened,—as soon might you expect the lion of the wood to abjure his cruel tyranny over the feeble beasts of the plain, as expect the sinner to make any confession, or offer any repentance that shall be accepted of God, unless grace shall first renew the heart.