One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.

Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. - As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next.

These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.

Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.