We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.

How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else; it is the pearl of great price.

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.

The more you say, the less people remember.

Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.