Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions

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

Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.

Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.