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

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

When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act, they grow into a habit.

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.

He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves.