To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquillity of mind.

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

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.

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

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?

We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.