It is more to the honor of a Christian by faith to overcome the world, than by monastical vows to retreat from it; more for the honor of Christ to serve him in the city, than to serve him in the cell.

Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.

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

Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.

If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights, and our family worship the most valuable of our family comforts. This will sanctify to us all the conveniences of our houses, and reconcile us to the inconveniences of it.

Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors.

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.