But think that we Are but turned aside to sleep.

Never start with tomorrow to reach eternity. Eternity is not being reached by small steps.

Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie down, because 'twas night? Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together.

To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer.

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.

Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.