The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty, and most unnaturally cheats and robs himself of that which is his own; and makes a hard shift, to be as poor and miserable with a great estate, as any man can be without it.
John TillotsonTake away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.
John TillotsonThere is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.
John TillotsonSincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
John Tillotson