“A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.”

I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.

It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.

Humility is the light of understanding.

There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.

Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.

A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.

At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?

Prayer is a shield to the soul.

We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.

Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count.

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.

I passionately believe that’s it’s not just what you say that counts, it’s also how you say it – that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.

When we feel sad, all we need to do is to count our blessings, no matter how few we notice.

Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.

It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.