Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.

There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.

Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees those objects near which are afar off, and makes great things little,-diminishing the greatest spiritual blessings, and removing far from us threatened evils. Faith looks at the right end, and brings the blessings that are far off in time close to our eye, and multiplies God's mercies, which, in a distance, lost their greatness.

Christian society is like a bundle of sticks laid together, whereof one kindles another. Solitary men have fewest provocations to evil, but, again, fewest incitations to good. So much as doing good is better than not doing evil will I account Christian good-fellowship better than an hermitish and melancholy solitariness.

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.