They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due

Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.

Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.

The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.

Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.

There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

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