Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.

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.

Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions.

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.

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

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