They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

After a storm comes a calm.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

To take away a man’s sanity, answer all his prayers and solve all his problems. Or give him everything and everyone he wants.

When you have nothing left to lose, it's easy to dive deep into those deep, dark hidden places and write your truth. I'm there.

Dobby never meant to kill. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.

More history's made by secret handshakes than by battles bills and proclamations.

Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger.

Nothing reveals more about the inner life of a people than their arts.

I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace!... Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.

People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.

Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.