Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.

It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].

I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.

That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience to it, are not God's people, whatever name they may bear, or profession they may make of religion. This is their ancient, first, and standing testimony: with this they began, and this they bore, and do bear to the world.

There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.