Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.

Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

Some said, "John, print it"; others said "Not so." Some said, "It might do good"; others said, "No."

Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?