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

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.

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

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

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.