Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.

One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding.

Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.

Being sensible that I am unable to do any thing without God's help, I do humbly entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ's sake.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

Wicked people will on the day of judgment see all there is to see of Jesus Christ, except His beauty and loveliness