The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.
Isaac BarrowLet us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
Isaac BarrowBecause men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.
Isaac BarrowThere do remain dispersed in the soil of human nature divers seeds of goodness, of benignity, of ingenuity, which, being cherished, excited, and quickened by good culture, do, by common experience, thrust out flowers very lovely, and yield fruits very pleasant of virtue and goodness.
Isaac Barrow