Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.

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

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

If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.

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

The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.

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