The Holy Ghost is certainly the best preacher in the world, and the words of Scripture the best sermons..

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in ete….

By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heart….

When we pray for any virtue, we should cultivate the virtue as well as pray for it; the form of your prayer should be the rule of your life; every pe….

My life is blessed; I have held my children's children..

The body of our prayer is the sum of our duty; and as we must ask of God whatsoever we need, so we must watch and labor for all that we ask..

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and rece….

Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends them; and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly: for this day only is ours, we are dead to yesterd….

Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it i….

Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for Himself is love: and it is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it will also give ourselve….

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent..

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whos….

A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest d….

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge..

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends..

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God..

Love is friendship set on fire. Hate is friendship burned..

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the eart….

From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving..

All virtuous women, like tortoises, carry their house on their heads, and their chappel in their heart, and their danger in their eye, and their soul….

Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comfort….