People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn't let it go for less than half-a-crown.

The ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.