"I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air."

"It is a melancholy proof of the blindness and ignorance of mankind, that they are not aware of the evil of sin."

"By Methodists, I mean such as profess to pursue a Christian life by Scriptural rules and methods."

"I was much disgusted at the way in which the people sing here. They bawl as loud as they can, but it is without any taste or judgment. They have no notion of singing in tune, or time, or harmony; but …"

"I desire no other epitaph, than 'Here lies the friend of all, and the enemy of none.'"