[T]he devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it. - John Charles Ryle

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

The end to which good men's libraries finally come is a melancholy subject. Few things are so much loved by some, and despised and neglected by others, as books, and specially theological books.

I believe that the want of our age is not more "free" handling of the Bible, but more "reverent" handling, more humility, more patient study, and more prayer.