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.

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

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

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.

Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

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