To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

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

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.

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

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.