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

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.

Fill each day with light and heart.

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?

Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.