Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.