The true Christian hero will appear in the cause of Christ, not only when it is prevailing, but when it seems to be declining; (he) will be on the right side, though it be not the rising side.

No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.

The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.

Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

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

A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.