Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

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

For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but suffers his Friends to do it more; the other enjoys himself and his own Humour enough, but will let no body else do it in his Company.

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.

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

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.