The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must crowd for it-a gate made so on purpose, narrow and hard in the entrance, yet, after we have entered, wide and glorious, that after our pain our joy may be the sweeter.

Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses.

Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.