Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.

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

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.

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

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.

Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge.