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

Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.

Love is the root; obedience is the fruit.

Blushing is the colour of virtue.

If we would be angry and not sin, we must be angry at nothing but sin; and we should be more jealous for the glory of God than for any interest or reputation of our own.

Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church.

When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this is his excuse (and a sorry excuse it is as bad as none).