The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

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.

How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes and prospects wide enough, great enough, and various enough to fix the attention, and absorb the minds of all intelligent beings forever.

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

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

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.