Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.

In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.

Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.