You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.

To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church, consecrated to Christ, and wholly influenced and governed by his rules. And family education and order are some of the chief means of grace. If these fail, all other means are likely to prove ineffectual. If these are duly maintained, all the means of grace will be likely to prosper and be successful.

If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.

When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.