“Honest speech does not seek secret places.”

The scars of others should teach us caution.

It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.

Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.

The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.

It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?

The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.

Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none

Honesty is the ultimate liberation in life.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Our daily objectives should include an honest effort to improve on yesterday.