Afflictions are the steps to heaven.

When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use it.

Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.

We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.

The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.