A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him.

If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer 'Action!'

When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.

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.

Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds.