A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

Counseling is ultimately not about the counselee or the counselor, but about the Divine Counselor.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

All things require skill but an appetite.

When asked what the stock market will do: It will fluctuate.

Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason.

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.

It's a wonderful thing to know that there is something to know there is something greater than I am, and that is God itself.

The wise are wise only because they love.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.