We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.

Count it one of the highest virtues upon earth to educate faithfully the children of others, which so few, and scarcely any, do by their own.

Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.

I hate myself, that I cannot believe it so constantly and surely as I should; but no human creature can rightly know how mercifully God is inclined toward those that steadfastly believe in Christ.

We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.

God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.