Quotes from Joseph Benson

I wish to be certain that I am converted myself, before I leave my converted brethren to convert heathens.

Methodist, madam,' said he, 'pray what is that?' She replied, 'Why, the Methodists are a people that do nothing but pray: they are praying all day and all night.

Indeed, nothing is more common among men than an entire blindness to their own real characters. How long have I placed my happiness in mere chimeras! How often have I grounded my vain hopes upon imaginary foundations?