Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit.

To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and perception being the same thing.

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.

The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.

If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be considered what kind of Peace there will be in the World, which consists only in Violence and Rapine; and which is to be maintained only for the benefit of Robbers and Oppressors.