No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

Prayer is a shield to the soul

Fear, lest, by forgetting what you are by nature, you also forget the need that you have of continual pardon, support, and supplies from the Spirit of grace, and so grow proud of your own abilities, or of what you have received from God.

Hope is never ill when faith is well.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

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