A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

Every evening brings us nearer God.

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.