We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.

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.

The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

Though we may now think some sins light and little, if the Lord awaken the conscience, we shall feel even the smallest sin heavy upon our souls.

I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either not fit for me, or I shall have it in due time.