It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.

Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it.

The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies, and, put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.

The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favor of God.

Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.