Even so does he who provides for the short time of this life, but takes no care for all eternity; which is to be wise for a moment, but a fool for ever; and to act as crossly to the reason of things as can be imagined; to regard time as if it were eternity, and to neglect eternity as if it were but a short time.

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?

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

Integrity gains strength by use.

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.

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