"To candid, reasonable men, I am not afraid to lay open what has been the course of my life."

"It is no proof of a man's understanding that he can find fault."

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

"I have been writing a sermon on the use of money. Oh, what a flat, unprofitable subject it is!"

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a servant, it should be one that needed no wages."