I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world.

All things began in Order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again, according to the Ordainer of Order, and the mystical mathematicks of the City of Heaven.

(Death is) A leap into the dark.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.