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

"I am not afraid of giving too much trouble to God. He is able to bear it."

"I am a man of one book."

"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 often thought that the reason why so few are saved, is, because so few are willing to be saved."