A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better.

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice.

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?

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

Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.