Great talkers, little doers.

A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

Venison and venery defeated me.

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards... Even the mixed imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit, how much more such happiness of heaven!