Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Fortune favors the audacious.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Sacred scripture is of course the basic authority for everything; yet I sometimes run across ancient sayings or pagan writings - even the poets - so purely and reverently and admirably expressed that I can't help believing the author's hearts were moved by some divine power. And perhaps the spirit of Christ is more widespread than we understand, and the company of the saints includes many not on our calendar.

I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.

No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.