Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

Once more consider, there is nothing, but heaven, worth setting our hearts upon.

In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied.

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.