That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.