It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.

Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

A holy and heavenly life is a continual pain to the consciences of sinners around you and continually solicits them to change their course.

Surely love is both work and wages.

When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by conviction, he first brings them to a stand, and then, by conversion, turn first their hearts, and then their lives, sincerely to himself.