An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.

The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it's a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.

There is no life without struggle.

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false.

God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all.

Devolutionary reform will not provide a factory, a machine or jobs, build a school, train a doctor or put a pound on pensions.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.