Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.

Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.

Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.