There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.

The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then do fade / A Spring returns, and they more youthful made; / But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on His anvil into what frame He desires.

Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.

I happy am, if well with you.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.