The whole Turkish empire is nothing else but a crust cast by Heaven's great Housekeeper to His dogs.

To pray well is the better half of study.

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.

Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind.

We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.

God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly awakened out of a pleasant slumber. I understand that in Italy they torture poor people by depriving them of sleep. `Tis a torture that cannot long be endured.