He that is down needs fear no fall.

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!

Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.

The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption and pollution. The dirt and scum that has attached itself to our hearts and minds is agitated and revealed by both the workings of a guilty conscience and the devouring avarice of the enemy of our souls.The

There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.

Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.