Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.

You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men — this is mine: That a life spent in the service of God, and communion with him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that one can live in the present world.

God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.

To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all.

Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.

Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.