Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?

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

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.

Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed.

The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.

It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order within the bounds of reason and religion, because this is empire.

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.