The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away.

If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.

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

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

Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.

Whoever wishes to be a Christian, let him pluck out the eyes of his reason.

Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children...If a woman grows weary and, at last, dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing - she is there to do it.