Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.

You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray.

The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.

Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.

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