Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.

Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.

Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

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

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

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.