Some said, "John, print it"; others said "Not so." Some said, "It might do good"; others said, "No."

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

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Humility is the light of the understanding.

Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou art by grace obliged to; as private prayer, reading the scriptures, and Christian conference. It is a base thing for men so to spend themselves and families after this world, as that they disengage their heart to God's worship.

There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.