Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.

We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit.

He that is once "born of God shall overcome the world," and the prince of this world too, by the power of God in him. Holiness is no solitary, neglected thing; it hath stronger confederacies, greater alliances, than sin and wickedness. It is in league with God and the universe; the whole creation smiles upon it; there is something of God in it, and therefore it must needs be a victorious and triumphant thing.

A good conscience is the best looking-glass of heaven.

The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not.

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.