There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

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.

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

While you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

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