He who lives up to a little light shall have more light; he who lives up to a little knowledge shall have more knowledge; he who lives up to a little faith shall have more faith, and he who lives up to a little love shall have more love. Verily the main reason why men are such babes and shrubs in grace is because they do not live up their attainments.

When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes.

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown.

Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.

There is the seed of all sins--of the vilest and worst of sins--in the best of men.

Though true repentance is never too late, yet late repentance is seldom true.

The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low.