Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

Be as far from desiring the popular love as fearful to deserve the popular hate; ruin dwells in both: the one will hug thee to death; the other will crush thee to destruction: to escape the first, be not ambitious; to avoid the second, be not seditious.

Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.

Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride takes her glory from man.