It is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true christian, and not humble.

A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer.

God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will.

To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

Nothing can be rightly known, if God be not known; nor is any study well managed, nor to any great purpose, if God is not studied. We know little of the creature, till we know it as it stands related to the Creator.

The churchyard is the market place where all things are rated at their true value, and those who are approaching it talk of the world and its vanities with a wisdom unknown before.