If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.

Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.

Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.

The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.