Though we as Christians are like Christ, having the first fruits of the spirit, yet we are unlike him, having the remainders of the flesh.

Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

True humility involves opposites. The truly humble work in silence. Because they do not speak of their accomplishments, credit for them can never be taken away.

Your absence is the presence of godliness.

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.