Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.

It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.

I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.

There is a warning here for true pilgrims. Beware of the talker, but also be careful not to judge too quickly those whom God has blessed with both genuine grace and a fluency to speak of divine mercy in ways more eloquent than others. The proof is in the life-not a perfect life, but a life that both delights in divine truth and magnifies God, the only giver of the sovereign grace that always produces the truly fruitful, fragrant life.