Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they would fall into an exact poem, yea, or so much as make a good discourse in prose? And may not a little book be as easily made by chance as this great volume of the world?

Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?

If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.