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

He is great enough that is his own master.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

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.

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion; and all things do succeed as they are taken. To construe an evil, action well is but a pleasing and profitable deceit to myself; but to misconstrue a good thing is a treble wrong,--to myself, the action, and the author.