the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

If riches increase, set not your hearts upon them: so if friends increase, set not your hearts upon them, but trust in the living God, let it be the living God that you rest on even for all outward things in this world.

Our names... are in the hands of God, Who will preserve them so far as He has use of them, and further we shall have no use of them ourselves.

Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.

I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him.

A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.

You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little while he was shaken, yet, at last, he was better for an affliction. But, a great many Godly men have been worse for their prosperity.