The sweetest poison doth often bring the surest death (645).

The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519).

Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).

what a silly, frail, and forward pieces are the best of men (647)!

Sirs, so much as your hearts as is empty of Christ and heaven, let it be filled with shame and sorrow, and not with ease (483).

The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15).

If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your hope be not acted, but lie asleep, it is next to dead, both in likenss and preparation( 585).

He that believeth that he believe, believeth himself and not God (333)[.]

[O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]

If every work of the day had thus its appointed time, we should be better skilled, both in redeeming time and performing duty (556).

O blessed be the grace that makes advantages of my corruptions, even to contradict and kill themselves (648).

You saw my leg?""How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg.

I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a journey to another world.

And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts.

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.

Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really the key point.

I want to do films I can relate to emotionally.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

We may not always finish what we start but God always finishes what He starts.