The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

God has so made the mind of man that a peculiar deliciousness resides in the fruits of personal industry.

Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.

When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion.

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude