The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.

Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

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

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.

Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness and rending in pieces the Church of Christ by needless separations and endless divisions.