ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.

Great sorrows cannot speak.

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.