The idle man is the devil's cushion.

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 who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.

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

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

There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed us not. Afflictions cannot hurt us without our own impatience. Temptations cannot hurt us, without our own yieldance. Death could not hurt us, without the sting of our own sins. Sins could not hurt us, without our own impenitence.