The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.

There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.