Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.

I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort me at the close of this life but this passage of St. Paul: "It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." To this I cleave, and herein do I find rest.