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.

I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.

They that die by famine die by inches.

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.

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

Days of trouble must be days of prayer.

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