Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees those objects near which are afar off, and makes great things little,-diminishing the greatest spiritual blessings, and removing far from us threatened evils. Faith looks at the right end, and brings the blessings that are far off in time close to our eye, and multiplies God's mercies, which, in a distance, lost their greatness.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

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.

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.