What we count the ills of life are often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to us in the end. Though for the present not joyous but grievous, yet, if received in a right spirit, they work out fruits of righteousness for us at last.

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

Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.

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.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

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 way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.