He that will play with Satan's bait, will quickly be taken with Satan's hook.
Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers.
Whatever sin the heart of man is most prone to, that the devil will help forward.
The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low.
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.