All the good things of the world are no further good to us than as they are of use; and of all we may heap up we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more.

Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they will find Deliverance from Sin a much greater Blessing than Deliverance from Affliction.

Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

He that is rich is wise.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.