Conscience is God's deputy in the soul.

There is no coming to heaven with dry eyes.

The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.

If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse.

A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, his wife's woe, his children's sorrow, his neighbours scoff, his own shame.

Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man's back, before the old man's face.

He who sends the storm steers the vessel.