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.

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.

Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.

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

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

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

Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.