To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

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.

Marriage is a desperate thing.

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.