It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds which brave men and women are capable.

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.

The bodies of the damned shall be crowded together in hell, like grapes in a wine-press, which press one another till they burst; every distinct sense and organ shall be assailed with its own appropriate and most exquisite sufferings.

Lust is a captivity of the reason and an enraging of the passions. It hinders business and distracts counsel. It sins against the body and weakens the soul.

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving.