Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.

Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.

To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.

And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.