Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading I would spurn them all.

Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves?

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Do we accustom ourselves to see all things in the light of faith? Do we correct all our judgments by it? Alas! The greater part of Christians think and act like mere heathens; if we judge (as we justly may) of their faith by their practice, we must conclude they have no faith at all.

True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Him. The true prayer is that of the heart, and the heart prays only for what it desires. To pray, then is to desire -- but to desire what God would have us desire. He who asks what he does not from the bottom of his heart desire, is mistaken in thinking that he prays.