Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

It is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.

Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.

...Learn to give thanks for everything.

To preserve a man alive in the midst of so many chances and hostilities, is as great a miracle as to create him.