Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes.

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

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

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.