Integrity gains strength by use.

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.

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.

Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.

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

True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think they have it, but those few that are sensible of their own defects and imperfections, and know that they have it not.

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.