O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.

Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession.

Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.

...Whatever dies was not mixed equally, If our two loves be one Or thou and I love so alike That none can slacken, none can die.

Yet nothing can to nothing fall, Nor any place be empty quite; Therefore I think my breast hath all Those pieces still, though they be not unite; And now, as broken glasses show A hundred lesser faces, so My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, But after one such love, can love no more.

How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to see the company.