Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.

If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

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

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

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.

Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they posses, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it.

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