So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.

The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men.

Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.

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

There are remains of great and good men, which, like this mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by the survivors, their sayings, their writings, their examples, that, as their works follow them in the reward of them, they may stay behind in the benefit of them.