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

If life be long, I will be glad, Tthat I may long obey; If short, yet why should I be sad, To soar to endless day?

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

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

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied.

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.

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