Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is building it; all-penetrating faith is building it.

I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

But when we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future to see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come as to how we shall avert them if they ever do come, we lose our proper trustfulness in God. When we torment ourselves with imaginary dangers, or trials, or reverses, we have already parted with that perfect love which casteth out fear.