A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.

No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.

A man should fear when he only enjoys what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity rather than the charity he loves? Is it not vanity, rather than benevolence, that gives such charities?

Coming to the Bible through commentaries is much like looking at a landscape through garret windows, over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun their webs.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

God's sovereignty is not in His right hand; God's sovereignty is not in His intellect; God's sovereignty is in His love.