Unbelief Starves The Soul; Faith Finds Food

An Accession Of Wealth Is A Dangerous Predicament For A Man. At First He Is Stunned If The Accession Be Sudden, And Is Very Humble And Very Grateful. Then He Begins To Speak A Little Louder, People Think Him More Sensible, And Soon He Thinks Himself So.

All Extremes Are Error. The Reverse Of Error Is Not Truth, But Error Still. Truth Lies Between Extremes.

The First Step Towards Knowledge Is To Know That We Are Ignorant.

When A Founder Has Cast A Bell He Does Not Presently Fix It In The Steeple, But Tries It With His Hammer, And Beats It On Every Side To See If There Be Any Flaw In It. So Christ Doth Not Presently After He Hath Converted A Man, Convey Him To Heaven; But Suffers Him First To Be Beaten Upon By Many Temptations And Then Exalts Him To His Crown.

Every Man Will Have His Own Criterion In Forming His Judgment Of Others. I Depend Very Much On The Effect Of Affliction. I Consider How A Man Comes Out Of The Furnace; Gold Will Lie For A Month In The Furnace Without Losing A Grain.