Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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