It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.

I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

A man that is endued with the powers of reason, by which he is capable of knowing, serving, glorifying, and enjoying his Maker, and yet lives without God in the world, is certainly the most despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun.

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.

The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.