All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.

John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.