Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.