It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

No one ever became great by imitation.

Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

A fallible being will fail somewhere.

It is a common error, and the greater and more mischievous for being so common, to believe that repentance best becomes and most concerns dying men. Indeed, what is necessary every hour of our life is necessary in the hour of death too, and as long as one lives he will have need of repentance, and therefore it is necessary in the hour of death too; but he who hath constantly exercised himself in it in his health and vigor, will do it with less pain in his sickness and weakness; and he who hath practiced it all his life, will do it with more ease and less perplexity in the hour of his death.