Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.

We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils.

Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.

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.

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

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.

Man takes a great deal of pains to heap up riches, and they are but like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.