Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate.

Gospel ministers should not only be like dials on watches, or mile-stones upon the road, but like clocks and larums, to sound the alarm to sinners. Aaron wore bells as well as pomegranates, and the prophets were commanded to lift up their voice like a trumpet. A sleeping sentinel may be the loss of the city.

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

[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.