Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

Our enemies are on every side, so must our armour be.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves.

Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse.

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.