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

"I have often thought that the grand reason why the generality of Christians are so cold and lifeless, is because they do not believe the Bible."

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

"I have been accounted a madman, a fool, a knave, a liar, a deceiver, and a devil."

"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."