Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God; in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed; in nothing which you might not safely and properly be found doing if death should surprise you in the act.

You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

I have pain; there is no arguing against sense, but I have peace, I have peace.

Keep up your conjugal love in a constant heat and vigor. Love will suppress wrath: you cannot have a bitter mind upon small provocations, against those that you dearly love.

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.

Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.