Matthew Henry

“The better day, the worse deed.”

“He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.”

“Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes”

“They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.”

“The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.”

“Not lost, but gone before.”

“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.”

“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.”

“The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.”

“It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.”

“Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.”

“So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.”

“The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.”

“No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it hasbecome his interest that there should be none to call him to account.”

“They that die by famine die by inches.”

“It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.”

“Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.”

“It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.”

“As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.”

“The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.”