Pain is an outcry of sin.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

So he that despairs, limits an Infinite Power to a Finite Apprehension, and measures Providence by his own little, contracted Model.

Aristotle was but a wreck of an Adam, and Athens but the rubbish of an Eden. How completely sin has defaced the divine image in man! That man has lost his righteousness and happiness is clearly evident as we look at the state of the world today!

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

Flints may be melted - we see it daily - but an ungrateful heart cannot be; not by the strongest and noblest flame.