It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.