Wickedness is its own punishment.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

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.

Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.

Things temporal are sweeter in the expectation, things eternal are sweeter in the fruition; the first shames thy hope, the second crowns it; it is a vain journey, whose end affords less pleasure than the way.

Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.