Great Throughts Treasury

"He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and happy mind."

"A soul without watchfulness is like a city without walls, exposed to the inroads of all its enemies."

"If you would not step into the harlot's house, do not go by the harlot's door."

"Whoever would entitle himself after death through the merits of his Redeemer, to the noblest of rewards, let him serve God throughout life in this most excellent of all duties, doing good to our brethren. Whoever is sensible of his offences, let him take this way especially of evidencing his repentance."

"He that would be angry and sin not must not be angry with anything but sin."

"Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever."

"Man owes not only his services, but himself to God."

"That is a choice friend who conceals our faults from the view of others, and discovers them to our own."

"To pray against temptations, and yet to rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray they might not be burnt."

"Wise distrust and constant watchfulness are the parents of safety."