A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him.
Grace is given to trade with; it is given to lay out, not lay up.
Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.
He that will play with Satan's bait, will quickly be taken with Satan's hook.
A man had need to fear this most of all that he fears not at all.
What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!