The private devotions and secret offices of religion are like the refreshing of a garden with the distilling and petty drops of a waterpot; but addressed from the temple, they are like ram from heaven.

Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.

Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.

Lust is a captivity of the reason and an enraging of the passions. It hinders business and distracts counsel. It sins against the body and weakens the soul.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.