I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an example on Sunday; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.

Give me 100 men that hate nothing but sin, and love Jesus Christ, and we'll shake England for God.

In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss no opportunity to do good.

Men of learning began to set experiments aside...to form theories...and to substitute these in the place of experiments.

The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.