Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.

If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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.

Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church.

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

Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.