Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows.

Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of the affections and choice of the heart. So God was served in the letter, they did not much inquire into His purpose; and therefore they were curious to wash their hands, but cared not to purify their hearts.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.