"And are we not to use our reason? Unquestionably. But no more than we are to use our hands or feet. We are to use it as a servant, not as a master."

"I have no doubt that God will be merciful to me, a poor miserable sinner."

"I have often thought that the greatest comfort in life, is to have a friend."

"I have been as much as possible upon the stretch for 70 years, and I bless God, I am not tired yet."

"I would as soon believe that the sun would stand still, as that a Christian could fall from grace and be lost."