Children will imitate their fathers in their vices, seldom in their repentance.

Affliction is the best book in a minister's library.

Losses and crosses are heavy to bear; but when our hearts are right with God, it is wonderful how easy the yoke becomes.

The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern.

When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name.

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.