Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.

Example is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.