On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.

When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!

The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible.

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others.

Oh that God would give me the thing which I long for! That before I go hence and am no more seen, I may see a people wholly devoted to God, crucified to the world, and the world crucified to them. A people truly given up to God in body, soul and substance! How cheerfully would I then say, 'Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.'

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.