All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.

Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.