What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.

We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it.

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.