Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.
Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.