Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.
In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.
The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.
As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.
It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.