People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.

I compare it with a lie, which like to a snowball, the longer it is rolled the greater it becomes.

The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.

It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.

We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.