To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.

Therefore, I bind these lies and slanderous accusations to my person as an ornament; it belongs to my Christian profession to be vilified, slandered, reproached and reviled, and since all this is nothing but that, as God and my conscience testify, I rejoice in being reproached for Christ's sake.

What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.

It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.