If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.

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

Sin is a basilisk whose eyes are full of venom. If the eye of thy soul see her first, it reflects her own poison and kills her; if she see thy soul, unseen, or seen too late, with her poison, she kills thee: since therefore thou canst not escape thy sin, let not thy sin escape thy observation.

God's pleasure is at the end of our prayers.

Heav'n is not always got by running.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.