Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.

It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up

Hope has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience as a vestment and will endure all things (if they be of the right kind) for the joy that is set before it. Hence patience is called patience of hope,' because it is hope that makes the soul exercise long-suffering under the cross until the time comes to enjoy the crown!